plantain extract (Plantago sp.) is credited with cooling, soothing, anti-septic, astringent, and bacteriostatic botanical properties. Its constituents include allatoin, apigenin, ascorbic acid, caffeic acid, cinnamic acid, coumaric acid, salicylic acid, tannin and vanillic acid. This is not the banana-like fruit but rather a green leafy herbaceous plant.