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
Larvistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	8	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	7	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).