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Plant Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2,3-DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 3400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-3-COUMAROYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 120.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-3-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 1600.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 1000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 400.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOARABINOXYLAN 0 Shoot not available 2600.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 197.0 786.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 212.0 843.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 20080.0 80000.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.6 2.2 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETAINE 14 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETAINE 14 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Herbicide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 8 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 7 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 6 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.