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MeSH Heading: Psyllium
Tree Number(s): D20.215.784.500.720
Unique ID: D011620
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011620
Annotation: drug only; plant source is PLANTAGO
Scope Note: Dried, ripe seeds of PLANTAGO PSYLLIUM; PLANTAGO INDICA; and PLANTAGO OVATA. Plantain seeds swell in water and are used as demulcents and bulk laxatives.
Entry Term(s): Isogel; Ispaghula; Ispaghule Gum; Metamucil; Plantaglucide; Plantago Seed; Reguval; Semen Plantaginis
Pharm Action: Cathartics
Related Numbers: 9C60Y73166
CAS Type 1 Name: Psyllium gum
History Note: was in Cat B & D 1963-77
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/26

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Psyllium MeSH Descriptor Data 2025