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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-PENTADECENE | 1 | 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. |
| 2-METHYLTETRADECA-5,12-DIENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2-METHYLTETRADECA-6,12-DIENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE | 0 | Root | 8000.0 | 10000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE | 0 | Stem | not available | 100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 8-HYDROXY-PENTADEC-TRANS-9-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 8-HYDROXY-PENTADECA-TRANS-9-EN-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKANES(C10-C33) | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKYLAMIDES | 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. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| BEHENIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | -0.29 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | 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. |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | 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. |
| CAFTARIC-ACID | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | 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. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE | 6 | 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. |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV-Integrase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 13 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |