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Common Names
Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,3-O-DI-5-(ALPHA-CARBOXY-BETA-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-CAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-5-(ALPHA-CARBOXY-BETA-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-CAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID | 3 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 6-O-CAFFEOYLECHINACOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-O-CAFFEOYLECHINACOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | 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-9-TRANS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 8-HYDROXY-PENTADECA-TRANS-9-CIS-13-DIENE-11-YN-2-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 8-HYDROXY-TETRADECA-9-TRANS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFTARIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFTARIC-ACID | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCEOLARIOSIDE-A | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (-)-Chronotropic | 2 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| (-)-Inotropic | 2 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |