Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Inula helenium (Asteraceae)

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

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
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
(-)-INOSITOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-(1-ISO-BUTYROXY-METHYL-1-2-OXIDO-ETHYL)-2-ISO-BUTYROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Root 5.0 *
1-BETA-HYDROXYISOALANTOLACTONE 0 Shoot 3.3 *
1-DEOXY-8-EPIIVANGUSTIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1-DEOXY-8-EPIIVANGUSTIN 0 Root 180.0 *
11(13)-DEHYDRO-ERIOLIN 0 Shoot 37.5 *
1BETA,10ALPHA-EPOXY-1,10-H-CIS-INUNOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1BETA,10ALPHA-EPOXY-1,10-H-CIS-INUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 16.7 *
1BETA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-ALPHA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE 1 Shoot 56.0 *
2-OXOALANTOLACTONE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-OXOALANTOLACTONE 0 Shoot 5.0 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN 4 Inflorescence *
4,5-DIHYDRO-5,6-DEHYDROALANTOLACTONE 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
4-ALPHA-5-ALPHA-EPOXY-10-14(H)-INUVISCOLIDE 0 Shoot 27.0 *
4-ALPHA-5-ALPHA-EPOXY-10-ALPHA-4(H)-INUVISCOLIDE 0 Shoot 700.0 *
4-EPIISOINUVISCOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-EPIISOINUVISCOLIDE 0 Shoot 6.6 *
4ALPHA-H-CONFERTIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4ALPHA-H-CONFERTIN 0 Shoot 1.3 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
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
Antianorectic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 10 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 (View) *
Antibacterial 10 (View) *
Antibiotic 2 (View) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
AntiBPH 1 (View) *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *
Anticanker 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).