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Plant Plantago major (Plantaginaceae)

Common Names
Common Plantain
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
WATER 0 Seed not available 700000.0 1.81 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 0.8 2.5 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 7 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 4 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *