Plantain contains a variety of glycosides, and flavonoids including baicalin, baicalein, scutellarin apigenin, apigenin-7-glucoside, plantagoside, luteolin, asperuloside, syringin hispidulin, nepetin, plantagonine), iridoids (catalpol, aucubin and acubin derivatives, plantarenaloside), and terpenoids. Plantain also contains small amounts of the sulfur-containing glucoraphenine and sulforaphene. Other constituents include plant acids such as caffeic, chlorogenic, cinnamic, ferulic, fumaric, coumaric, plantagic, planteolic, salicylic, ursolic, and vanillic acid. It also contains allantoin, mucilage, sterols, tannins, and potassium salts.

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