botanical record · discovered
Elecampane
Inula helenium
Elecampane · Clafrllys Mawr · Crachlys · Didysis debesylas · Echter Alant · Elecampane inula · Enula campana · Grande Aunée · Grande aunee · Griekse alant
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Europe, Turkey, Argentina, India, UK, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Antiseptic, Apertif, Asthma
Science studied: ALANTIC-ACID, ALANTOLACTONE, ALANTOLIC-ACID, ALANTOPICRIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Inula helenium
Common names: Elecampane, Clafrllys Mawr, Crachlys, Didysis debesylas, Echter Alant, Elecampane inula, Enula campana, Grande Aunée, Grande aunee, Griekse alant
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Europe, Turkey, Elsewhere, Argentina, India, UK, Spain.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Antiseptic
- Apertif
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Cholagogue
- Deobstruent
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- Diaphoretic
- Discutient
- Diuretic
- Expectorant
- Laxative
- Leukemia
- Lung
- Pertussis
- Sclerosis
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor(Lung)
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wen
- Cough
- Hemoptysis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Europe
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Argentina
- India
- UK
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Antiseptic
- Apertif
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Cholagogue
- Deobstruent
- Diaphoretic
- Discutient
- Diuretic
- Expectorant
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- Laxative
- Leukemia
- Lung
- Pertussis
- Sclerosis
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor(Lung)
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wen
- Cough
- Hemoptysis
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANTIC-ACID
- ALANTOLACTONE
- ALANTOLIC-ACID
- ALANTOPICRIN
- AZULENE
- 4-EPIISOINUVISCOLIDE
- 8-EPITOMENTOSIN
- 1BETA,10ALPHA-EPOXY-1,10-H-CIS-INUNOLIDE
- EUDESMADIEN-5,7(11)-OLID-(8BETA,12)
- GERMACRENE-D
- GERMACRENE-D-LACTOSE
- HELENALIN
- 1BETA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE
- 9-BETA-HYDROXYCOSTUNOLIDE
- INULIN
- INULINASE
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- 9-ISOBUTYRYLOXY-COSTULONIDE
- 9-ISOVALERYLOXY-COSTULONIDE
- 9BETA-(2-METHYLBUTYRYLOXY)-COSTULONIDE
- PECTINS
- RESIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- 4H-TOMENTOSIN
- UMBELLIFERONE
- ALANTOL
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- DAMMARADIENYL-ACETATE
- 8-EPIIVANGUSTIN
- EUDESMADIEN-4-(15),7(11)-OLID-(8BETA,12)
- HELIANTHENIN
- NONACOSAN
- PHYTOMELANE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SYNANTHRIN
- EO
- 1-DEOXY-8-EPIIVANGUSTIN
- 2-OXOALANTOLACTONE
- 4ALPHA-H-CONFERTIN
- 4BETA,5ALPHA-EPOXY-4,5-CIS-INUNOLIDE
- DAMARADIENOL
- DIHYDROALANTOLACTONE
- DIHYDROISOALANTOLACTONE
- HELENIN
- ISOALANTOLACTONE
- STIGMASTEROL
- 2-ALPHA-HYDROXYALANTOLACTONE
- TETRAHYDRO-ALANTOLACTONE
- ALUMINUM
- 1-(1-ISO-BUTYROXY-METHYL-1-2-OXIDO-ETHYL)-2-ISO-BUTYROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARABRONE
- COSTUNOLIDE
- 9-BETA-(2-METHYL-BUTYROYL-OXY)-COSTUNOLIDE
- 9-BETA-ISO-BUTYROYL-OXY-COSTUNOLIDE
- 9-BETA-ISO-VALEROYL-OXY-COSTUNOLIDE
- DAMMADIEN-3-BETA-OL
- DAMMARADIENOL-ACETATE
- 11(13)-DEHYDRO-ERIOLIN
- EUDESMA-4(15)-7(11)-DIEN-8-BETA-12-OLIDE
- EUDESMA-5-7(11)-DIEN-13-OL-8-BETA-12-OLIDE
- EUDESMA-5-7(11)-DIEN-8-BETA-12-OLIDE
- GERMACRENE-D-LACTONE
- HELENINE
- BETA-HUMULENE
- 4-ALPHA-5-ALPHA-EPOXY-10-14(H)-INUVISCOLIDE
- 4-ALPHA-5-ALPHA-EPOXY-10-ALPHA-4(H)-INUVISCOLIDE
- MANGANESE
- MOLYBDENUM
- NICKEL
- PHOSPHORUS
- QUERCETIN
- 3-METHYLQUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- STRONTIUM
- TOMENTOSIN
- TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE
- 8-EPI-ISOVANGUSTIN
- ZINC
- (-)-INOSITOL
- ASH
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CALCIUM
- CHROMIUM
- COBALT
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- FAT
- IRON
- MAGNESIUM
- NIACIN
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- SODIUM
- THIAMINE
- WATER
- COPPER
- FRIEDELIN
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- INULENIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- PSEUDOINULIN
- 1-BETA-HYDROXYISOALANTOLACTONE
- 4,5-DIHYDRO-5,6-DEHYDROALANTOLACTONE
- 8,9-EPOXY-10-ISOBUTYRYLOXYTHYMOL-ISOBUTYRATE
- 9BETA-HYDROXYCOSTULONIDE
- DAMMARADIENOL
- EUDESMAMOLIDES
- MUCILAGE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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