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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
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.
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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 *