Synonym(s)
Podophyllii rhizoma
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About 50 cm tall plant with horizontally creeping, up to 2 m long, dark brown rootstock.
Origin: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Canada along the east coast of the USA to Florida, Louisiana and Texas.
Phytotherapeutically, the dried underground parts of Podophyllum peltatum are used.
Ingredients: podophyllin, podophyllotoxin
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles