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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
CALCIUM 28 Root 826.0 3290.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 6 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.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.5 1.9 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIC-ACID 14 Flower 12000.0 31000.0 not available 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 not available Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIC-ACID 14 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CICHORIENIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *