Plantago ovata (seed husk)
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=Botanical Voucher Specimen= | =Botanical Voucher Specimen= | ||
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| + | | reference=Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 26 Mar 2014 <http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100186592> | ||
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=Organoleptic Characteristics= | =Organoleptic Characteristics= | ||
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| + | {{Organolepsy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918) | ||
| + | | description=No odor or taste.}} | ||
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| + | {{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918) | ||
| + | | description=''Plantago ovata'' ... is a herbaceous plant ... either erect or decumbent and varies in height from 2.5 cm. to 1 dm. The leaves are ovate and either glabrous or shaggy hairy. The flower spikes are either cylindrical or reduced to a globular head. | ||
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| + | Seeds boat-shaped, somewhat acute at one end, from two to three millimetres long and from one to one and a half millimetres wide; pale greyish-brown, with a darker elongated spot on the convex side; on the concave side the hilum covered with the remains of a thin white membrane. In water the testa swells, producing a viscous mucilage.}} | ||
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=Microscopic Characteristics= | =Microscopic Characteristics= | ||
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| mainimage=Psyllium Husk.jpg | | mainimage=Psyllium Husk.jpg | ||
| caption1=Epidermal cells of the husks in surface view containing mucilage observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | | caption1=Epidermal cells of the husks in surface view containing mucilage observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | ||
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| image2=Psyllium Husk-1.jpg | | image2=Psyllium Husk-1.jpg | ||
| caption2=Parenchyma cells seen under polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | | caption2=Parenchyma cells seen under polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | ||
| − | + | | characteristics=cellular structures identified in this botanical specimen are the epidermal cells of the husks in surface view containing mucilage and the parenchyma cells seen under polarized light when observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | |
| reference=British Pharmacopoeia, 2011 | | reference=British Pharmacopoeia, 2011 | ||
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Nomenclature
Plantago ovata Forssk. Plantaginaceae
Syn. Plantago ispaghula Roxb. ex Fleming
Standardized common name (English): Indian plantain
Botanical Voucher Specimen
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Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
 
Psyllium (husk) (Plantago ovata) Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):
Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates Mobile Phase ethyl acetate: glacial acetic acid: methanol: water [6/1.5/1.5/1] Sample Preparation Method 0.3g+3mL 70% grain EtOH sonicate/heat @~50° C ~ 1/2 hr Detection Method Vanillin/H2SO4 Reagent-> 110° C 5 min -> visible light Reference see Method Developed by Alkemists Laboratories
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Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100186592
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
