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Plant Podophyllum peltatum (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Mayapple
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4'-DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4'DEMETHYLDESOXYPODOPHYLLUM-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4'DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXINGLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PELTATIN 8 Rhizome 3500.0 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHAPELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PELTATIN 8 Rhizome 1750.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 8 Root not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN-K 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN-M 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLPODOPHYLLOQUERCETIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PICROPODOPHYLLIN 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *