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 |
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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 * |
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. |