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Plant Plantago asiatica (Plantaginaceae)

Common Names
Asian Plantain
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-OCT-3-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-OCT-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-OCT-3-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Plant not available 1.7 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-PALMITATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 18000.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant not available 14.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 81000.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPLANTAGININ 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Martindale's 28th