Podophyllum hexandrum Royle |
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Botanical Name |
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Podophyllum hexandrum Royle |
English
Name |
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Indian Podophyllum |
Synonym(s) |
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Podophyllum emodi Wall. ex Hook. |
Family |
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Berberidaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect, glabrous, succulent herb, 35-60 cm high, with creeping, perennial rhizome, bearing numerous roots. Leaves 2 or 3, orbicular-reniform, palmate, peltate, with lobed segments; flowers solitary, white or pink, cup-shaped; fruit an oblong or elliptic berry, 2.5-5.0 cm diam., orange or red, containing many seeds embeded in the pulp. |
| Herb Effects |
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Laxative, stimulates the flow of bile, irritant, anticancer and antidiarrheal (root and rhizome). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Podophyllin (a resin); podophyllotoxone, demethylpodophyllotoxin, alpha and beta-peltatin (root and rhizome); alpha-peltatin (trichome); astragalin, berberine, kaempferol, podophyllotoxin, quercetin (rhizome) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Podophyllin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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| Podophyllotoxin |
518-28-5 |
Not Available |
C22H22O8 |
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| Podophyllotoxone |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C22H20O8 |
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| alpha-Peltatin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C21H20O8 |
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| beta-Peltatin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C22H22O8 |
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| Astragalin |
480-10-4 |
4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl
)oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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| Berberine |
633-65-8 |
Not Available |
C20H18NO4+ |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Skin diseases, cancers especially in the treatment of ovarian cancer, rheumatism and as a tonic (root and rhizome). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas. |
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