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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 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. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |