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

Common Names

Psyllium

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Download these results as:

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
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	7.0	34.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Hull Husk	not available	19800.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	4796.0	22000.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Hull Husk	not available	24.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	5.0	24.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Seed	303.0	574.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Hull Husk	not available	3059.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	728.0	3340.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Hull Husk	not available	845500.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	201868.0	926000.0	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	0.2	0.8	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	0.6	2.5	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Hull Husk	not available	34000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	8066.0	37000.0	-1.20	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Hull Husk	not available	3500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	3000.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Seed	not available	3000.0	-1.48	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

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
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *