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Common Names
Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 | not available | 8.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 198.0 | 790.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE-A | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE-E | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE-F | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 2031.0 | 8090.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 23092.0 | 92000.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | 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. |
| QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| RESIN | 0 | Root | 5020.0 | 20000.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 3.0 | 12.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | 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. |
| RUTOSIDE | 4 | Leaf | 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. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.5 | 2.1 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 8.0 | 30.1 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 23.0 | 90.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 30120.0 | 120000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |