Plant Plantago ovata (Plantaginaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Blond Psyllium; Ispaghula; Spogel Seeds; Psyllium; Indian Plantago

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
(+)-BOSCHNIAKINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
(+)-BOSCHNIAKINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
(-)-L-ASPARAGINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-OCTADEC-CIS-12-ENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALDOBIURONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALSOBIURONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTE-ISO-OCTADECANE	0	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTE-ISOHEXADECANE	0	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOXYLANS	0	Seed	170000.0	255000.0	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
AUCUBIN	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
AUCUBIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	1300.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
D-XYLOSE	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antialcoholic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *