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psyllium husk

Plantago ovata

The seed husk of Plantago, almost pure soluble fibre that swells into a gel with water.

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CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

(C₅H₈O₄)ₙ
arabinoxylan
(C₅H₈O₄)ₙ

psyllium's gel-forming fibre