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
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Seed	not available	603000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
INDICAIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Hull Husk	not available	183.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	4.0	20.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	not available	2350.0	-1.96	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	111.0	510.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.4	1.6	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	65400.0	400000.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	1865.0	3528.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Hull Husk	not available	578.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	137.0	630.0	-1.25	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTAGONINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLANTARENALOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	1768.0	8110.0	-0.39	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
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.