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Plant Echinacea spp (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coneflower, Echinacea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Root not available 111000.0 0.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FLAVANOIDS 0 Leaf 3800.0 4800.0 not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
GERMACRENE-ALCOHOL 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
HEPTADECA-(8Z,11Z)-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
HETEROXYLAN 1 Root not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Root 8.0 12.0 not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
INULIN 19 Root 59000.0 200000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 700.0 4800.0 6.53 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Shoot not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ISOTUSSILAGINE 0 Plant not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 2800.0 -1.25 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-PENTADECENE 0 Root not available 400.0 not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
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