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MAURICE SULLIVAN, M.D.; LESTER S. KING, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1947;56(1):30-47.

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PODOPHYLLUM consists of the dried rhizome and roots of Podophyllum peltatum Linneé, the May apple or mandrake, a perennial plant of northern and middle United States.¹ The extract and active principle of podophyllum is a complex mixture of resinous substances known as podophyllin, resina podophylli or resin of podophyllum²; it is an amorphous powder varying from light brown to greenish yellow and turning darker when exposed to temperatures exceeding 25 C. or when exposed to light. Resin of podophyllum is soluble in normal solutions of potassium and sodium hydroxide. In alcohol it forms a slightly opalescent and faintly acid solution. Undiluted resin of podophyllum is irritating to mucous membrane, especially that of the eye, where it may produce extensive damage.³ In the past resin of podophyllum was frequently prescribed, as it is an ingredient of the erstwhile popular and official vegetable cathartic pill the formula for which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE; CHICAGO

From the Skin and Venereal Diseases Section of the Medical Service and the Laboratory Service of the William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas.

Footnotes
Read at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Hot Springs, Va., June 10, 1946.

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