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
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPOSIDIC-ACID	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHENINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Seed	30000.0	100000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDICAINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	5.0	18.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
L-FRUCTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	25000.0	50000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	900.0	1800.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	318.0	1060.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.5	1.6	-0.65	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
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.