Biomaterial Database

[The constituents of the essential oil from Plantago asiatica L (author's transl)]. 1979

H Kameoka, and C P Wang, and K Yokoyama

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009822	Oils, Volatile	Oils which evaporate readily. The volatile oils occur in aromatic plants, to which they give odor and other characteristics. Most volatile oils consist of a mixture of two or more TERPENES or of a mixture of an eleoptene (the more volatile constituent of a volatile oil) with a stearopten (the more solid constituent). The synonym essential oils refers to the essence of a plant, as its perfume or scent, and not to its indispensability.	Essential Oil,Oil, Essential,Oil, Volatile,Oils, Essential,Volatile Oil,Essential Oils,Volatile Oils
D010943	Plantago	A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae. The small plants usually have a dense tuft of basal leaves and long, leafless stalks bearing a terminal spike of small flowers. The seeds, known as PSYLLIUM, swell in water and are used as laxatives. The leaves have been used medicinally.	Plantain,English Plantain,Narrow-Leaved Plantain,Plantago arenaria,Plantago indica,Plantago lanceolata,Plantago ovata,Plantago psyllium,English Plantains,Narrow Leaved Plantain,Narrow-Leaved Plantains,Plantain, English,Plantain, Narrow-Leaved,Plantains,Plantains, English,Plantains, Narrow-Leaved
D010946	Plants, Medicinal	Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.	Herbs, Medicinal,Medicinal Herbs,Healing Plants,Medicinal Plants,Pharmaceutical Plants,Healing Plant,Herb, Medicinal,Medicinal Herb,Medicinal Plant,Pharmaceutical Plant,Plant, Healing,Plant, Medicinal,Plant, Pharmaceutical,Plants, Healing,Plants, Pharmaceutical