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.
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
PROTEIN	0	Hull Husk	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	3270.0	15000.0	-1.95	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.3	1.4	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	118.0	540.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.57	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Seed	5.0	21.0	2.49	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Hull Husk	not available	83000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	782000.0	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	0.5	2.1	-1.22	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
AntiAGE	2	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
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *