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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vulnerary 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *