Pharmacophore an International Research Journal
The compounds present in plants of genus Inula exhibit wide spectrum of biological and medicinal
activities. These plants are rich source of wide variety of bioactive secondary metabolites such as tannins,
terpenoids, alkaloids, and flavonoids. Alantolactone and Isoalantolactone are the major compounds present
in Inula plants. The selection of the plants in the present study is primarily based on their chemistry,
biological and medicinal properties reported. This review attempts to summarize the current status of
reported various activities of Inula species. Some very interesting findings have been observed and thus
recorded and reported in this review.
