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
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	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.
Antifertility	2	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigiardial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigonorrhea	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	3	Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic	8	Bedows, E. and Hatfield, G.M. An Investigation of the Antiviral Activity of Podophyllum peltatum. J. Nat. Prod. 45: 725.
Antihistaminic	4	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.