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
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	12	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Humectant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperuricemic	1	Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic	12	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *