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Inula helenium

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Inula helenium. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Inula helenium L.

5Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

91Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 91 licensed products naming Inula helenium as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh

Source material stated

Dried root(s)
Fresh root(s)
Inula helenium - root
Leaf and flower
New material
Root
Root and Rhizome
Root extract

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Guaianolides	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones type eudesmanolide	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Matasova, S. A., Mitina, N. A., Ryzhova, G. L., Zhuganov, D. O., Dychko, K. A. Preparation of dried extract from Inula helenium roots and characterization of its chemical content. Khimiya rastitel'nogo syr'ya, 1999, p. 119-123.
Spiridonov, NA., Konovalov, DA., Arkhipov, VV. Cytotoxicity of some Russian ethnomedicinal plants and plant compounds. Phytotherapy research, 2005, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 428-432. DOI
Bohlmann, F., Mahanta, P.K., Jakupovic, J., Rastogi, R.C., Natu, A.A. New sesquiterpene lactones from Inula species. Phytochemistry, 1978, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 1165-1172. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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