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

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

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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 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Mitogenic 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 1 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *