Plant Inula helenium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Elecampane

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
ALANTOLACTONE	36	Root	435.0	1740.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANTOLACTONE	36	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANTOLIC-ACID	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.
ALANTOPICRIN	0	Leaf	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.
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	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.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	4.4	20.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	15840.0	72000.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	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.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE	0	Root	not available	66.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	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.
CALCIUM	28	Root	2200.0	10000.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARABRONE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARABRONE	1	Shoot	34.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.2	1.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	0.4	1.8	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	5	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antialopecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic	2	Abstract (See species file)
Antianaphylactic	1	Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *