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

Common Names

Mayapple

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List of plant chemicals.
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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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLIN	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN	26	Rhizome	7000.0	12000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PODORHIZOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	30000.0	60000.0	-0.53	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
AntiPMS	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic	1	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antisecretory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	3	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.
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishigellic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antispasmodic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispermigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *