Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Polypodium vulgare (Polypodiaceae)

Common Names
Common Polypody, Sweet Fern
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
(+)-CATECHIN-7-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Rhizome *
17,21-EPOXYHOPANE 0 Rhizome *
20-HYDROXYECDYSONE 4 Rhizome *
22-HOPENE 0 Rhizome *
24-LOPHENOLMETHYLENE 0 Rhizome *
26-O-METHYLPOLYPODOSAPONIN 0 Rhizome *
31-NORCYCLOARTANOL 0 Rhizome *
31-NORCYCLOLAUDENOL 0 Rhizome *
5-BETA-20-HYDROXYECDYSTERONE 0 Rhizome *
9(11)-FERNENE 0 Rhizome *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Rhizome *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Rhizome *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Rhizome *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Root *
CATECHINS 1 Rhizome 25000.0 37000.0 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Root *
CITROSTADIENOL 1 Rhizome *
CRUSECDYSONE 0 Rhizome *
CYCLOARTANOL 0 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Adrenocorticotropic 1 (View) *
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allergenic 4 (View) Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiestrogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
AntiAddisonian 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.