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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
CALCIUM 28 Root 826.0 3290.0 -0.45 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Shoot Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 6 Shoot Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.5 1.9 -0.18 *
CICHORIC-ACID 14 Flower 12000.0 31000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CICHORIC-ACID 14 Root 123.0 21000.0 *
CICHORIC-ACID 14 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CICHORIENIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 3 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 7 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.