Phytochemical, Biochemical and Pharmacological Properties of Plantago ovata (Ispaghula Husk) – A Review

The plantation, evolvement, phytochemical, pharmaceutical and pharmacological properties of Plantago ovata have been reviewed to reconnoiter the plant’s diverse properties. P. belonging family Plantaginaceae is a perennial plant native Mediterranean area, particularly Southern Europe, North Africa West Asia. It has variety medicinal effects as it frequently employed in medications for its features such mucilage, super-disintegrant, gelling agent suspending well anti-diarrheal, anti-constipation, wound curer, hypocholesterolemic hypoglycemia. That’s why, may be utilized make products safe effective ethnobotanical cure different health problems. A number market preparations Ispaghula are also available local Bangladesh. Information regarding diversified collected from electronic databases (PubMed, Springer link, MDPI ResearchGate, Google, Google Scholar Science Direct) summarized here support researchers retrieve information about ovata. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 21(2): 231-243, 2022 (December)