Plant Plantago psyllium (Plantaginaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Psyllium

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *