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Plant Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICORIC-ACID 10 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 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.
CICHORIC-ACID 14 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.
CYNARIN 23 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOCECA-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDES 0 Root not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DOCECA-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDES 0 Shoot not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DODECA-2,4,8,10-TETRAEN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 298.5 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2,4-DIEN-1-YL-ISOVALERATE 0 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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cancer-Preventive 12 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Collagen-Sparing 4 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.