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Plantago ovata

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Plantago ovata is a stemless, soft, hairy annual herb of the PLANTAGINACEAE family that grows to a height of 30–45 cm. The leaves are 7.5–23 cm long, 0.5–1 cm broad, narrowly linear, linear lanceolate or filiform, opposite, finely acuminate entire or distantly toothed, attenuated at the base and usually three-nerved. The root system has a well-developed taproot with few fibrous secondary roots. A number of flowering shoots arise from the base of the plant. The flower spikes turn reddish brown at ripening, the lower leaves dry, and the upper leaves yellow. Plants flower approx 60 days after planting. Flowers are numerous, small, and white, in ovoid or cylindrical spikes 1.3–3.8 cm long, bracts 4 mm long and broad. The corolla gives attachment to four protruded stamina, ovary free with one or two cells, containing one or more ovules.

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  • Bile Acid
  • Dietary Fiber
  • Glycemic Index
  • Arabic Country
  • Fecal Bile Acid

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(2005). Plantago ovata. In: Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 3. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-887-8_12

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