Botanical name: Polypodium leucotomos
Other name: golden polypody, golden serpent fern, cabbage palm fern, gold-foot fern, blue-star fern, hare-foot fern; syn. Polypodium aureum, Polypodium leucotomos
Polypodium leucotomos, also known as Phlebodium aureum, is a tropical fern rich in antioxidants, accessible in both capsule and topical cream forms. Oral consumption of Polypodium leucotomos has shown to be a safe and effective method for preventing damage to skin cells caused by UV rays while also enhancing the body’s inflammatory response to sun exposure.
Medicinal Uses:
- Antioxidant
- Photoprotectant
- Antimutagenic
- Anti-inflammatory
- Immunoregulator