Podocon-25® is composed of Podophyllin (Podophyllum Resin, American)
25% in Benzoin Tincture. Podophyllum Resin is the powdered mixture of resins
removed from the May apple or Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum Linne'),
a perennial plant of northern and middle United States(1). The podophyllin
resin used in this product is exclusively the American podophyllin (rather than
the Indian resin). American podophyllin typically has a reduced level of podophyllotoxin
(see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY section).
REFERENCE
1) Blumgarten, A.F.: Text Book of Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics;
Ed. 7, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1937, pp. 220 and 223.
Last reviewed on RxList: 9/15/2008
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.