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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Echinacea spp (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coneflower; Echinacea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
(E)-10-HYDROXY-4,10-DIMETHYL-4,11-DODECADIEN-2-ONE 0 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
13-HYDROXYOCTADECA-(9Z,11E,15Z)-TRIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2,3-O-DIFERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-METHYLTETRADECA-5,12-DIENE 0 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-METHYLTETRADECA-6,12-DIENE 0 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-(5-(ALPHA-CARBOXY-BETA-(3,4,-DIHYDROXYPHENYL... 0 Plant *
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-CUMAROYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-3-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-O-CAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
2-O-FERULOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 3 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
4,5-O-DICAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
6-O-CAFFEOYLECHINACOSIDE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ALKYLAMIDES 0 Root 40.0 1510.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 786.0 12900.0 6.61 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
APIGENIN 101 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2140.0 -0.25 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 *
Diuretic 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 6 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Ethanolytic 1 *
Expectorant 5 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 9 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 11 *