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
Cathartic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholagogue	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cholekinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	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.
Collyrium	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Digestive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Embryocide	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.
Emetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *