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
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	75000.0	250000.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	20.0	65.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	37000.0	74000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLCARBONIC-ACIDS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	180.0	600.0	-1.26	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTAGIC-ACIS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTAGONINE	0	Plant	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTAGOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTEASE	0	Seed	0.0	220.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTEOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2400.0	8000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-SALTS	0	Plant	not available	4600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	57000.0	190000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	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
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.