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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
4BETA,5ALPHA-EPOXY-4,5-CIS-INUNOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4BETA,5ALPHA-EPOXY-4,5-CIS-INUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 33.0 *
4H-TOMENTOSIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
8,9-EPOXY-10-ISOBUTYRYLOXYTHYMOL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-EPI-ISOVANGUSTIN 0 Shoot 40.0 *
8-EPIIVANGUSTIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
8-EPITOMENTOSIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
8-EPITOMENTOSIN 0 Shoot 16.7 *
9-BETA-(2-METHYL-BUTYROYL-OXY)-COSTUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 20.0 *
9-BETA-HYDROXYCOSTUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 20.0 *
9-BETA-ISO-BUTYROYL-OXY-COSTUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 4.0 *
9-BETA-ISO-VALEROYL-OXY-COSTUNOLIDE 0 Shoot 20.0 *
9-ISOBUTYRYLOXY-COSTULONIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
9-ISOVALERYLOXY-COSTULONIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
9BETA-(2-METHYLBUTYRYLOXY)-COSTULONIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
9BETA-HYDROXYCOSTULONIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALANTIC-ACID 0 Root Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALANTOL 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALANTOLACTONE 36 Plant *
ALANTOLACTONE 36 Rhizome 5000.0 15100.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.