Plant Polypodium vulgare (Polypodiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Polypody; Sweet Fern

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
CYCLOLAUDENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-CHOLESTANOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSONES	0	Rhizome	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FILICIN	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	21000.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
FUCOSTEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAFFEIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Rhizome	not available	21000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN	57	Rhizome	not available	6000.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
HOPENE-1-OXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOFUCOSTEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-ACETIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OSLADIN	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINS	0	Rhizome	not available	5300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Root	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
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vulnerary	3	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.