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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PENTADECA-TRANS-2-CIS-9-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE 0 Shoot 8.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 198.0 790.0 -0.48 *
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
POLYSACCHARIDE-A 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
POLYSACCHARIDE-E 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
POLYSACCHARIDE-F 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2031.0 8090.0 -0.56 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 23092.0 92000.0 -0.30 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RESIN 0 Root 5020.0 20000.0 -1.17 *
RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 3.0 12.0 1.73 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RUTOSIDE 4 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.5 2.1 -0.21 *
SILICON 4 Root 8.0 30.1 -0.20 *
SODIUM 1 Root 23.0 90.0 -0.47 *
STARCH 5 Root 30120.0 120000.0 -0.82 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 1 *
Sedative 4 *
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 *
Sweetener 1 Merck 11th Edition
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratologic 1 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 *