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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplement	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	4	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.