In rats, the effects of a 4-week supplementation of a fibre-free elemental diet with 100 or 200 g Plantago ovata seeds/kg was compared with that of the husks and wheat bran. The seeds increased faecal fresh weight up to 100%, faecal dry weight up to 50% and faecal water content up to 50%. The husks, at the high concentration only, were more effective and wheat bran less effective. Length and we...

OBJECTIVE We performed a systematic review for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAM] as defined by the National Institute of Health in Inflammatory Bowel Disease [IBD], ie Crohn's disease [CD] and ulcerative colitis [UC], with the exception of dietary and nutritional supplements, and manipulative therapies. METHODS A computerized search of databases [Cochrane Library, Pubmed/Medline, P...

BACKGROUND Consumption of Plantago ovata may protect against colorectal cancer. To test this hypothesis, an ecological study was performed to determine mortality rates and distribution of colorectal cancer, and the consumption and distribution of P ovata, in different provinces in Spain. The putative association between P ovata consumption and mortality from colorectal cancer was then evaluated...

A field experiment was conducted during the winter (rabi) season of 2018–19 and 2019–20 at Rajasthan College Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University Agriculture Technology, Udaipur, to study effect hydrogel levels under different irrigation schedules on blond psyllium (Plantago ovata Forssk.). The in a split-plot design, comprising 4 schedule, viz. water (IW) : cumulative pan evaporation (CPE) ...

background & aim: investigating the possibility of using medicinal plant’s seeds substitute for agar gel in plant tissue culture and determining the optimal practical conditions of them is the aim of this study. experimental: in order to study the new gelling agents for using in plant tissue culture, we designed a tow part experiment by means of the seeds of medicinal plants such as linum u...