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Common Names
Psyllium
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 12 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Carcinogenic | 2 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cathartic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| CNS-Paralytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |