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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
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 22 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pheromone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prebiotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Probiotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Probiotigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *