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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FIBER 15 Root 111000.0 0.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FLAVANOIDS 0 Leaf 3800.0 4800.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
GERMACRENE-ALCOHOL 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
HEPTADECA-(8Z,11Z)-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
HETEROXYLAN 1 Root 800.0 *
HUMULENE 2 Root 8.0 12.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
INULIN 19 Root 59000.0 200000.0 -0.40 *
IRON 6 Root 700.0 4800.0 6.53 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 2 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ISOTUSSILAGINE 0 Plant 15.0 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2800.0 -1.25 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-PENTADECENE 0 Root 400.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aedifuge 1 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 *
Allelochemic 7 *
Allelopathic 1 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 11 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 12 *