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Plant Helichrysum angustifolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Everlasting; Immortelle
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,4-DIMETHYLHEPTAN-3,5-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYLOCTAN-4,6-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIMETHOXYPHTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYPRTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Plant 583.0 2331.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DIKETONES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 750.0 2000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Plant 480.0 1920.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRACTION-H 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GNAPHALIIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIPYRONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Transdermal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.