The genus Inula belongs to the Compositae family and comprises 27 species growing wild in Turkey. Inula helenium L. subsp. is of the commonly consumed wild edible plants as food and medicinal purposes inhabitants in Eastern Anatolia. It has been used in traditional Anatolia medicine for abdominal distension and pain, acute enteritis and bacillary dysentery. Wild plants gathered from nature are cheaper food and important for human health. Thus, in the present study nutritional value and mineral composition of used parts of selected Inula helenium subsp. pseudohelenium Grierson was investigated.

In laboratory analysis, dry matter, total ash, % N, crude protein, crude fiber and pH were examined as nutritional value. Useful minerals (Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P, S and Zn) and heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr and Pb) that hazardous elements for livings were also determined. Results in this research showed that Inula helenium subsp. pseudohelenium Grierson contains high value of macro elements such as sodium (1.07 mg/g), potassium (19.16 mg/g), magnesium (2.12 mg/g) and calcium (14.17 mg/g). Also, it has maximum micro-elements such as iron (246.24 mg/kg), manganese (52.98 (mg/kg), copper (40.27 mg/kg and zinc (26.84 mg/g). Therefore, we can conclude that It has high nutritional values from the viewpoint of mineral elements such as potassium, calcium, iron, manganese and zinc.