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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Echinacea pallida (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-5-(ALPHA-CARBOXY-BETA-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-CAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 3 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 3 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
6-O-CAFFEOYLECHINACOSIDE 0 Plant *
6-O-CAFFEOYLECHINACOSIDE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
8-HYDROXY-PENTADEC-TRANS-9-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
8-HYDROXY-PENTADECA-9-TRANS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
8-HYDROXY-PENTADECA-TRANS-9-CIS-13-DIENE-11-YN-2-ONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
8-HYDROXY-TETRADECA-9-TRANS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 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 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFTARIC-ACID 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFTARIC-ACID 3 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCEOLARIOSIDE-A 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Allelochemic 2 *
Allergenic 2 *
Analgesic 4 *
Androgenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
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 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 *
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 *
Antibacterial 7 *
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 *