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Plant Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PENTADEC-8-EN-2-ONE 0 Root 3600.0 4000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-1-CIS-8-DIENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-2-TRANS-9-CIS-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-EN-2-ONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PENTADECA-TRANS-2-CIS-9-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 13.7 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-TRANS-9-CIS-13-DIEN-11-YN 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETAGETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RUTOSIDE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SUCROSE 14 Root not available 69200.0 -0.56 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Flower not available 800.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Root 3.0 9000.0 0.64 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Stem not available 500.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1,3-DIENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Root not available 100.0 -0.55 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-2-TRANS-7-CIS-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE 0 Root 100.0 200.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *