Dryopteris filix-mas

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott. China Dryocrassin, filicic acids, paraaspidin, deaspidin, albaspidin, oleoresin, filmarone, filicin, flavaspidic acids, filicin, resin albaspidin, diploptene.50-53-60 Anthelmintic to treat tapeworm, hemorrhage, hookworm, influenza. Externally to treat leucoderma. 

N.A. Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott. Oleo-resin, filicin, triterpenes, alkanes, volatile oil." For tapeworms. 

Aspidium filix-mis, Dryopteris filix-mas, D. filix-mas, Euphorbia hirta, Galium verum... 

Achillea millefolium, Anethum graveoleus, Aspidium filix-mis, Aster tataricus, Calendula officinalis, Dryopteris filix-mas, Inula britannica, I.japonica, Lycopodium clavatum, L. obscurum, Myrica cerifera, M. penxylvanica, Peucedanum graveolens, Sambucus nigra, S. canadensis Melia azedarach... 

The rhizome of Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern) was formerly used as an antihelminthic drug (1), but it is... 

Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas Yew Taxus species... 

Fig. 12.—Dryopteris filix-mas—Plant and section through pinnule and sorus.

Fig. 13.—A. Cylindrical network of vascular bundles in the stem of Dryopteris Filix-mas. B. A portion of the same more highly magnified. At L are the interstices over which the leaves are inserted at G are branches (leaf trace bundles) passing into the leaves from the main vascular bundles. (Sayre.)...

Fig. 15.—Transverse section of stipe of Dryopteris Filix-mas showing- epidermis (e) hypodermis (/i) inner cortex (tc) concentric fibre vascular bundles, one of which is shown at (b) endodermis (en) pericambium xylem and phloem (p). (Photomicrograph.) X iO.4.

The rhizomes and stipes of Dryopteris filix-mas and Dryopteris mar-ginalis are official in the U. S. P. The fibro-vascular bundles of these are concentric in type but differ from the concentric fibro-vascular bundles of some monocotyledons in that xylem is innermost and phloem surrounds the xylem. 

Aspidium. Male fern male shield-fern filix mas (B.P.). Rhizome and stipes of Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott., Foiypodiaeeae. Habit. North America, Northern Asia. Europe. Northern Africa. Constit. Filicic and flav-aspidic acids, volatile oil, ashaspidin, filicin. filmaron. fiI Lx red, resin. It yields not less than 6.5% oleoresin (U.S.P.)... 

Phenolic natural products (acylphloroglucinols) from the male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The natural product is a mixture of six homologues (R, R =methyl, ethyl, propyl) with three main components, see table. Use F. exhibit anthelmintic activity. Ether extracts or solutions of the active principles in a fatty oil in combination with the subsequent administration of a laxative are used as a remedy for tapeworms. As a result of the low therapeutic range and the difficulties in standardization, F. have been mostly replaced by synthetic agents (they are still used occasionally in veterinary medicine). 

Use The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) is used in traditional medicine as a remedy for tapeworm. Other species of ferns are used in the perfume industry. Some... 

Capsaicin—Capsicum frutescens C i nge rol s—Zingiber officinale Mastic—Pistacia lentiscus Turpentine—Pinus palustrus Aspidinol—Dryopteris filix-mas Balm of Gilead—Populus balsamifera Frankincense—Boswellia carter i Asafoetida—Ferula assa-foetida... 

Powdered dried rhizomes of various Dryopteris ferns, especially Dryopteris filix-mas and their extracts, were used formerly as remedies... 

Caffeoyl-D-quinic acid Dryopteris filix-mas C16H18O9 48... 

Dihydroxyphenyl)-3,3 a,4,5-tetrahydro-4,8-dihydroxy-2 H-pyrano[4,3,2-de]-l-benzopyran-2-one (2,3-cw,3,4-rra 5-Dryopterin) Dryopteris filix-mas Schott C17H14O7 118 181 ... 

Wid6n, C.-J., and D.M. Britton A Chromatographic and Cytological Study of Dryopteris filix-mas and Related Taxa in North America. Canad. J. Botany 49, 1589 (1971). 

Radunz, a. tJber die Lipide der Pteridophyten, II. Die Fettsauren einiger Lipide aus Blattem von Dryopteris filix-mas. Z. physiol. Chem. 349, 303 (1968). 

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