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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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Chemical Name Sort descending 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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Cardioprotective 1 (View Chemicals list for Cardioprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 (View Chemicals list for Caspase-8-Inducer) Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 (View Chemicals list for Chemopreventive) Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 (View Chemicals list for Cholagogue) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 3 (View Chemicals list for Choleretic) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Clastogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Clastogenic) Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active 1 (View Chemicals list for CNS-Active) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 (View Chemicals list for CNS-Stimulant) Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 (View Chemicals list for CNS-Toxic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Collagen-Sparing 3 (View Chemicals list for Collagen-Sparing) Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for COMT-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cytotoxic) Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Diuretic) Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 (View Chemicals list for Emetic) Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Estrogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 1 (View Chemicals list for Expectorant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Febrifuge 1 (View Chemicals list for Febrifuge) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 3 (View Chemicals list for FLavor) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 4 (View Chemicals list for Fungicide) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Fungistat 1 (View Chemicals list for Fungistat) CIBA (Chadwick, D.J. and Marsh, J. 1990. Bioactive Compounds from Plants. CIBA Foundation Symposium 154. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester UK. 242 pp.