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

Common Names
Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; 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
13-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9-TRANS-11-CIS-15-TRIENNOIC-ACID 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
2,3-DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 3400.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-3-COUMAROYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 120.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-3-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 400.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE 0 Root 800.0 11000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOARABINOXYLAN 0 Shoot 2600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 197.0 786.0 0.11 *
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 212.0 843.0 -0.16 *
ASH 0 Root 20080.0 80000.0 0.36 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.6 2.2 -0.42 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BETAINE 14 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETAINE 14 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.
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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.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
Allelochemic 4 *
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).