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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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANTOLACTONE 36 Root 435.0 1740.0 *
ALANTOLACTONE 36 Root Essent. Oil *
ALANTOLIC-ACID 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALANTOPICRIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 4.4 20.0 -0.63 *
ASH 0 Root 15840.0 72000.0 0.13 *
AZULENE 10 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Root 66.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Root 2200.0 10000.0 0.28 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root *
CARABRONE 1 Plant *
CARABRONE 1 Shoot 34.0 40.0 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 1.0 -0.36 *
COBALT 2 Root 0.4 1.8 -0.51 *
COPPER 12 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidysphagic 1 (View) *
Antieczemic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 (View) *
Antiencephalitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 (View) *
Antienterotic 1 (View) *
Antiepileptic 4 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antiestrogenic 2 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 (View) *
Antifibrotic 3 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.