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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Carcinogenic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Carminative 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition