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

Common Names

Mayapple

How this plant is used

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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
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
Antistrep	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyphilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrachomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	2	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.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Colon)	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Lung)	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Nasopharynx)	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.