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Plant Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; 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
CINNAMOYL-ECHINADIOL 0 Root not available 1000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CINNAMOYL-ECHINAXANTHOL 0 Root not available 1000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Root 4.0 14.8 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2,4,8,10-TETRAEN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 166.7 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRANS-TRIEN-8-YNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-10-CIS-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-10-CIS-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-TRIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-TRIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-DIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-DIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDES 0 Shoot not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DODECA-CIS-2-TRANS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 166.7 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 2.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DODECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root not available 4.4 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholine 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.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *