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

Common Names

Psyllium

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
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Seed	not available	603000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
INDICAIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Hull Husk	not available	183.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	4.0	20.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	not available	2350.0	-1.96	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	111.0	510.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.4	1.6	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	65400.0	400000.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	1865.0	3528.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Hull Husk	not available	578.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	137.0	630.0	-1.25	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTAGONINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTARENALOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	1768.0	8110.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition