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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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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
UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Plant *
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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 3 *
Antiherpetic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihistaminic 1 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV-Integrase 2 *
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 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antiinflammatory 5 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.
AntiLegionella 1 *
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antileukemic 2 *
Antileukotriene 1 *
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimutagenic 2 *
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.