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
(-)-INOSITOL	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.
1-(1-ISO-BUTYROXY-METHYL-1-2-OXIDO-ETHYL)-2-ISO-BUTYROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE	0	Root	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA-HYDROXYISOALANTOLACTONE	0	Shoot	not available	3.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-DEOXY-8-EPIIVANGUSTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1-DEOXY-8-EPIIVANGUSTIN	0	Root	not available	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11(13)-DEHYDRO-ERIOLIN	0	Shoot	not available	37.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1BETA,10ALPHA-EPOXY-1,10-H-CIS-INUNOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1BETA,10ALPHA-EPOXY-1,10-H-CIS-INUNOLIDE	0	Shoot	not available	16.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1BETA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-ALPHA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE	1	Shoot	not available	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OXOALANTOLACTONE	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.
2-OXOALANTOLACTONE	0	Shoot	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN	4	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,5-DIHYDRO-5,6-DEHYDROALANTOLACTONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-5-ALPHA-EPOXY-10-ALPHA-4(H)-INUVISCOLIDE	0	Shoot	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-EPIISOINUVISCOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-EPIISOINUVISCOLIDE	0	Shoot	not available	6.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4ALPHA-H-CONFERTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4ALPHA-H-CONFERTIN	0	Shoot	not available	1.3	not available	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
Urinary-Antiseptic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	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.
Vasodilator	6	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.