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Common Names
Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 103.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-FACTOR-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-FACTOR-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEIN | 3 | Root | 4.0 | 100.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINACIN-B | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACOSIDE | 10 | Flower | 1000.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ECHINACOSIDE | 10 | Root | 3000.0 | 13000.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINACOSIDE-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACOSIDE-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINOLONE | 2 | Root | not available | 3.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Root | 400.0 | 13000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTANS | 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. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | 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. |
| GLYCINE-BETAINE | 0 | Flower | not available | 8050.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLYCINE-BETAINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1130.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLYCINE-BETAINE | 0 | Root | not available | 3100.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLYCINE-BETAINE | 0 | Stem | not available | 4900.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEXADECA-2-TRANS-9-CIS-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEXADECA-TRANS-2-CIS-9-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 6.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |