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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | 34000.0 | -0.92 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.7 | 2.6 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 4.3 | 17.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE | 0 | Flower | not available | 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 | not available | 100.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-1,3-DIENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | 100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | 100.0 | -0.55 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-2-TRANS-7-CIS-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | 1.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 4.4 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6-CIS-8-TRIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Shoot | 2.0 | 3.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TUSSILAGIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TUSSILAGINE | 1 | Root | 15.0 | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECA-2-CIS-4-TRANS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |