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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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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
SUCROSE 14 Root 34000.0 -0.92 Jim Duke's personal files.
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.7 2.6 -0.34 *
TIN 4 Root 4.3 17.0 0.05 *
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Flower 5000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Root 1.7 12500.0 1.30 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Stem 100.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1,3-DIENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE 0 Root 100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Root 100.0 -0.55 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-2-TRANS-7-CIS-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE 0 Root 200.0 300.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-(2-METHYL-BUTYL)-AMIDE 0 Shoot 1.2 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root 4.4 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6-CIS-8-TRIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot 2.0 3.2 Jim Duke's personal files.
TUSSILAGIN 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
TUSSILAGINE 1 Root 15.0 60.0 *
UNDECA-2-CIS-4-TRANS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 *
Choleretic 4 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 2 *
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *