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Plant Inula helenium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Elecampane
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FAT 0 Root 4180.0 19000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 140000.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 380000.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FRIEDELIN 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
GERMACRENE-D-LACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GERMACRENE-D-LACTONE 0 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D-LACTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENALIN 34 Root not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
HELENIN 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENIN 5 Root not available 15600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENINE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTHENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULENIN 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INULIN 19 Root 99000.0 450000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
INULINASE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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