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Common Names
Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-CIS-10-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 16.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-TRANS-10-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 16.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-TRIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 2.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIEN-8-YNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 1.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-FACTOR-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-FACTOR-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-POLYSACCHARIDE-VII-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-PURPUREA-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACEA-PURPUREA-POLYSACCHARIDE-I | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACIN-B | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ECHINACOSIDE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Flower | 1300.0 | 4800.0 | -0.26 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Root | 628.0 | 2500.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | 900.0 | 3200.0 | -0.66 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 3263.0 | 13000.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 111000.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 512000.0 | 1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRA-4(15)-5-TRANS-10(14)-TRIEN-1-BETA-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 42.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERMACRANEDIOL-EPOXIDE-CINNAMIC-ACID-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |