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Internal ID UUID643fd34b9468c774264710
Scientific name Helenium microcephalum
Authority DC.
First published in Prodr. 5: 667 (1836)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Heleniastrum microcephalum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342 (1891)
Helenium heterophyllum DC. Prodr. 5: 667 (1836)
Helenium microcephalum var. microcephalum DC. 1836
Helenium texanum Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861: 460 (1862)

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English smallhead sneezeweed
English littlehead tarweed
English small-head sneezeweed

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Helenium microcephalum var. ooclinium (A.Gray) Bierner Sida 5: 47 (1972)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
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World Flora Online wfo-0000130760
USDA Plants HEMI
Tropicos 2702611
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211859-1
The Plant List gcc-9165
Open Tree Of Life 3900012
NCBI Taxonomy 2741159
Nature Serve 2.130833
IPNI 211859-1
iNaturalist 163589
GBIF 5401883
EOL 582628
USDA GRIN 18214
Wikipedia Helenium_microcephalum

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed CentralĀ®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
H N/A Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC9771681
doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-7463-9.50016-1
Novel natural product therapeutics targeting both inflammation and cancer QIN J, WANG W, ZHANG R Chin J Nat Med 01-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC6663108
doi:10.1016/S1875-5364(17)30062-6
PMID:28629530
Emerging Anti-Mitotic Activities and Other Bioactivities of Sesquiterpene Compounds upon Human Cells Bosco A, Golsteyn RM Molecules 13-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC6155193
doi:10.3390/molecules22030459
PMID:28335397
Herbal medicinal products target defined biochemical and molecular mediators of inflammatory autoimmune arthritis Venkatesha SH, Berman BM, Moudgil KD Bioorg Med Chem 31-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3020797
doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.10.053
PMID:21115252
Discovery and Development of Natural Product-derived Chemotherapeutic Agents Based on a Medicinal Chemistry Approach Lee KH J Nat Prod 26-Mar-2010
PMCID:PMC2893734
doi:10.1021/np900821e
PMID:20187635
Quantitation of hymenoxon and related sesquiterpene lactones Hyeong L. Kim, Stephen H. Safe, Millard C. Calhoun American Chemical Society (ACS) 10-Mar-2005
doi:10.1021/JF00078A010
Antitumor sesquiterpene lactones from Helenium microcephalum: Isolation of mexicanin-E and structural characterization of microhelenin-B and -C Lee Kuo-Hsiung, Yasuhiro Imakura, Donald Sims, Andrew T. McPhail, Kay D. Onan Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(77)80074-5
Antitumor agents 57. The isolation and structural elucidation of microhelenin-E, a new antileukemic nor-pseudoguaianolide, and microhelenin-F from Helenium microcephalum. Kasai R, Shingu T, Wu RY, Hall IH, Lee KH J Nat Prod 01-May-1982
doi:10.1021/NP50021A013
PMID:7119807
Antitumor agents XXXVI: Structural elucidation of sesquiterpene lactones microhelenins-A, B, and C, microlenin acetate, and plenolin from Helenium microcephalum. Imakura Y, Lee KH, Sims D, Wu RY, Hall IH, Furukawa H, Itoigawa M, Yonaha K J Pharm Sci 01-Sep-1980
doi:10.1002/JPS.2600690916
PMID:7411405
Antitumor agents 37. The isolation and structural elucidation of isohelenol, a new antileukemic sesquiterpene lactone, and isohelenalin from Helenium microcephalum. Sims D, Lee KH, Wu RY J Nat Prod 01-May-1979
doi:10.1021/NP50003A007
PMID:490173
Antitumor agents XVII; Structure and stereochemistry of microhelenin-A, a new antitumor sesquiterpene lactone from Helenium microcephalum. Lee KH, Imakura Y, Sims D J Pharm Sci 01-Sep-1976
doi:10.1002/JPS.2600650940
PMID:966167

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones
Isohelenalin 164614 Click to see CC1CC2C(=C(C(=O)O2)C)C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O 262.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50003A007
Isohelenol 155585 Click to see CC1CC2C(=C(C(=O)O2)CO)C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O 278.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50003A007
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones
(1,5,8a-trimethyl-2,8-dioxo-3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-azuleno[6,5-b]furan-9-yl) 2-methylbutanoate 14656906 Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C(=O)OC2CC(C3C1(C(=O)C=C3)C)C)C 348.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
(5,8a,9'-Trimethyl-4'-methylidene-2,5',8,14'-tetraoxospiro[3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydroazuleno[6,5-b]furan-1,13'-6-oxatetracyclo[9.2.2.01,10.03,7]pentadecane]-9-yl) acetate 74347005 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)OC(=O)C)C4(CC5CC(=O)C46C5C(CC7C(C6)C(=C)C(=O)O7)C)C(=O)O2 536.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
[(1S,1'R,3'R,3aR,5R,5aR,7'R,8aR,9S,9'R,9aR,10'R,11'S)-5,8a,9'-trimethyl-4'-methylidene-2,5',8,14'-tetraoxospiro[3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydroazuleno[6,5-b]furan-1,13'-6-oxatetracyclo[9.2.2.01,10.03,7]pentadecane]-9-yl] acetate 24893480 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)OC(=O)C)C4(CC5CC(=O)C46C5C(CC7C(C6)C(=C)C(=O)O7)C)C(=O)O2 536.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
[(1S,3aR,5R,5aR,8aR,9S,9aR)-1,5,8a-trimethyl-2,8-dioxo-3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-azuleno[6,5-b]furan-9-yl] (2R)-2-methylbutanoate 162971274 Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C(=O)OC2CC(C3C1(C(=O)C=C3)C)C)C 348.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
9-hydroxy-1,5,8a-trimethyl-3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-azuleno[6,7-b]furan-2,8-dione 4364540 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C(=O)O2)C)C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O 264.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
Brevilin-A; 6-OAP; 6-O-Angeloylplenolin; 6OAngeloylplenolin 3483300 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C(=O)OC2CC(C3C1(C(=O)C=C3)C)C)C 346.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
Helenalin 23205 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 262.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00078A010
Microhelenin C 5281483 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C(=O)OC2CC(C3C1(C(=O)C=C3)C)C)C 346.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
Plenolin 442294 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C(=O)O2)C)C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O 264.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
Sample A of helenalin 52167 Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C3(C1C=CC3=O)C)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 262.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones
(3aR,5R,5aR,8aR,9aR)-5a-hydroxy-5-methyl-1-methylidene-3a,4,5,8a,9,9a-hexahydroazuleno[6,7-b]furan-2,8-dione 162849874 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3C1(C=CC3=O)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50021A013
5a-Hydroxy-5-methyl-1-methylidene-3a,4,5,8a,9,9a-hexahydroazuleno[6,7-b]furan-2,8-dione 78178185 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3C1(C=CC3=O)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50021A013
8a-Hydroxy-5-methyl-1-methylidene-3a,4,5,5a,9,9a-hexahydroazuleno[6,7-b]furan-2,8-dione 73319577 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3(C1C=CC3=O)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50021A013
Azuleno(6,5-b)furan-2,5-dione, 3,3a,4,4a,7a,8,9,9a-octahydro-4a-hydroxy-8-methyl-3-methylene-, (3aR,4aS,7aR,8R,9aR)- 158338 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3(C1C=CC3=O)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50021A013
Azuleno(6,5-b)furan-2,5-dione, 3,3a,4,4a,7a,8,9,9a-octahydro-7a-hydroxy-8-methyl-3-methylene-, (3aR,4aR,7aS,8R,9aR)- 158187 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3C1(C=CC3=O)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50021A013
Mexicanin E 22226 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3C1C=CC3=O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 232.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(77)80074-5
https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00078A010
Mexicanine E 319598 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC3C1C=CC3=O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 232.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(77)80074-5
https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00078A010
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Oxanes
Microhelenin A 5462436 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC34C1C(CC3=O)OC4)C(=C)C(=O)O2 262.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600650940
https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916
Microhelenins 162945 Click to see CC1CC2C(CC34C1C(CC3=O)OC4)C(=C)C(=O)O2 262.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600690916

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