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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 |
|---|---|---|
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV-Integrase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |