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
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.