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Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Mayapple · American Mandrake · American-mandrake · Entenfuß · Indian-apple · Inini Wijiibik (Bookade`imin) · Ipecacuana de la Carolina · May apple · May-apple · Mayapple (EN) · Nordamerikanischer Maiapfel (DE) · Podofil · Podofilo · Podopil · Prærie fodblad · Qalxanabənzər podofil · Schildförmiges Fußblatt
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US(Amerindian), Turkey, US, US(Appalachia)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bile, Bowel, Cancer, Emetic
Science studied: ASTRAGALIN, DEHYDROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN, 4'-DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXIN, 4'DEMETHYLDESOXYPODOPHYLLUM-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Berberidaceae
Scientific name: Podophyllum peltatum
Common names: Mayapple, American Mandrake, American-mandrake, Entenfuß, Indian-apple, Inini Wijiibik (Bookade`imin), Ipecacuana de la Carolina, May apple, May-apple, Mayapple (EN), Nordamerikanischer Maiapfel (DE), Podofil, Podofilo, Podopil, Prærie fodblad, Qalxanabənzər podofil, Schildförmiges Fußblatt
History
The source record documents this plant in US(Amerindian), Turkey, US, US(Appalachia), Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bile
- Bowel
- Cancer
- Emetic
- Hydragogue
- Jaundice
- Liver
- Medicine
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- Poison
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Fever
- Purgative
- Aperient
- Bilious
- Laxative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US(Amerindian)
- Turkey
- US
- US(Appalachia)
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Bile
- Bowel
- Cancer
- Emetic
- Hydragogue
- Jaundice
- Liver
- Medicine
- Poison
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Tumor
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- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Fever
- Purgative
- Aperient
- Bilious
- Laxative
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASTRAGALIN
- DEHYDROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN
- 4'-DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXIN
- 4'DEMETHYLDESOXYPODOPHYLLUM-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GALLIC-ACID
- ISORHAMNETIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- LIGNAN-K
- LIGNAN-M
- ALPHA-PELTATIN
- ALPHAPELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE
- BETA-PELTATIN
- PICROPODOPHYLLIN
- PODOPHYLLIC-ACID
- PODOPHYLLIN
- PODOPHYLLOTOXIN
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- PODORHIZOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE
- RESIN
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN
- BERBERINE
- 4'DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXINGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- METHYLPODOPHYLLOQUERCETIN
- BETA-PELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE
- PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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