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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICORIC-ACID 10 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf 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 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYNARIN 23 Root *
DOCECA-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDES 0 Root 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 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 298.5 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2,4-DIEN-1-YL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mucogenic 1 *
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 *
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 4 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 2 *
Neuroprotective 2 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.