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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
KETO-ALKYNES 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADEC-1-CIS-8-DIENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADEC-1-ENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-(8Z)-EN-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECA-(8Z)-EN-2-ONE 0 Root not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECA-(8Z,11Z)-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-(8Z,13Z)-DIEN-11-YN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-11,13-TRANS-TRIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-11-CIS-13-TRANS-TRIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-11-CIS-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-11-TRANS-13-CIS-TRIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-13-CIS-DIEN-11-YN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-CIS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PENTADECA-8-EN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-8-EN-2-ONE 0 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.
RUTOSIDE 4 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.
TETRADECA-(8Z)-EN-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 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.
TETRADECA-8-CIS-ENE-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-2-TRANS-7-CIS-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
UNDECA-2-CIS-4-TRANS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 3 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (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.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiviral 7 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Attifuge 1 CIBA (Chadwick, D.J. and Marsh, J. 1990. Bioactive Compounds from Plants. CIBA Foundation Symposium 154. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester UK. 242 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.