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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.
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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 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.
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List of plant activities.
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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.