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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |