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
IRON	6	Root	0.9	4.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Rhizome	9900.0	19400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Root	1305.0	5215.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOALANTOLACTONE	13	Shoot	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	1650.0	7500.0	2.63	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.2	0.8	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
NIACIN	39	Root	15.0	70.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN	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.
PECTINS	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	330.0	1500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOMELANE	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.
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2222.0	10100.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *

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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
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mitogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *