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Plant Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiproliferant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 5 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.
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaph 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antistreptococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *