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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
POLLINASTANOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYDINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPODIN-A	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPODOSAPONIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAMAMBAIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERRATINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	not available	63000.0	-2.36	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Rhizome	not available	155000.0	1.67	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.