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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
Antiviral 8 Bedows, E. and Hatfield, G. M. An investigation of the antiviral activity of Podophyllum peltatum, J. Nat. Prod., 45(6), 1982, 725-9.
Apoptotic 3 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Astringent 2 *
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bilirubinolytic 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 4 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 *
Cardiodepressant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 *
Carminative 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Catabolic 1 *