Polypodium aureum (Calaguala)

Traditional uses

Mexico(Mazatec)

  • Cough
  • Sudorific
  • Fever

Venezuela

  • Purgative
  • Venereal

Cuba

  • Tumor

Honduras

  • Cancer

Mexico

  • Pectoral
  • Sudorific

Chemicals

Leaf

  • CALAGUALINE

Rhizome

  • ECDYSONE
  • POLYPODAUREINE
  • ECDYSTERONE

Activities

  1. Juvabional — 2 compounds; ECDYSONE, ECDYSTERONE
  2. Pesticide — 2 compounds; ECDYSONE, ECDYSTERONE
  3. Analgesic — 1 compounds; ECDYSTERONE
  4. Antigonadotrophic — 1 compounds; ECDYSONE
  5. Proteinogenic — 1 compounds; ECDYSTERONE