Plant Plantago major (Plantaginaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Plantain

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	7020.0	23400.0	3.54	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	860.0	1340.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
CATALPOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	0.4	1.2	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	0.8	2.5	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DI-O-METHYLGALACTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	2000.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	54000.0	180000.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	190000.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Seed	not available	190000.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Seed	not available	640000.0	0.96	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
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	17	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	6	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	10	Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat	2	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.