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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Echinacea spp (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coneflower, Echinacea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
POTASSIUM 14 Root 3140.0 8090.0 -0.56 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 92000.0 -0.30 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
QUERCETAGETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN-3-0-XYLOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN-3-ROBINOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
QUERCETIN-3-XYLOSYLGALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN 0 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bark 3.0 -0.04 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RUTIN 87 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
RUTOSIDE 4 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.5 -0.33 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICATE 0 Root 15340.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
SILICON 4 Root 8.0 -0.31 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SITOSTEROL-3-BETA-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
SODIUM 1 Root 90.0 -0.47 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
SULFATE 0 Root 2450.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
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