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Plant Echinacea pallida (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale 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
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.
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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
(-)-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 *