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Plant Plantago major (Plantaginaceae)

Common Names
Common 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
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENIPOSIDIC-ACID 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHENINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Seed 30000.0 100000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDICAINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INVERTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 5.0 18.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
L-FRUCTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 25000.0 50000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 900.0 1800.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 318.0 1060.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 0.5 1.6 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antianaphylactic 2 Abe, K-i., Inoue, O., and Yumioka, E. 1989. Biliary Excretion of Metabolites of Baicalin and Baicalein in Rats. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(1): 208-211, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 19 Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 5 Duke, 1992 *