maidenhair fern constituents
 
Maidenhair Fern

   Constituents:

   
"Filicine, filicinal, fernene, adiantone, adipedifol (hopane-type
     triterpenes);b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, (phytosterols);
     mucilage and tannin."       
Ref. B p.174,

       
"Mucilage; tannins; gallic acid; sugars; various bitter principles;
      capillarine; minute quantities of an esential oil."
Ref.  D p. 144
 
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