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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Podophyllum peltatum (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Mayapple
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PODOPHYLLIC-ACID 1 Rhizome *
PODOPHYLLIN 8 Rhizome *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN 26 Rhizome 7000.0 12000.0 -1.00 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
PODORHIZOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Resin, Exudate, Sap 50000.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
RESIN 0 Plant 30000.0 60000.0 -0.53 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiesherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 *
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 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigiardial 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 *
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 *
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihepatomic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic 1 *
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.