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Plant Plantago psyllium (Plantaginaceae)

Common Names
Psyllium
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
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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
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.