Plantago ovata (seed husk)
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+ | | 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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Latest revision as of 15:38, 5 May 2015
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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