Plant Podophyllum peltatum (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antianaphylactic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibronchitic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichlamydial	1	Duke, 1992 *