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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Leaf Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1170.0 1860.0 -0.37 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 101.0 0.66 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
METHYL-P-HYDROXYCINNAMATE 0 Essential Oil Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
N-TRIACONTANOL 0 Shoot Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
NIACIN 39 Root 17.0 -0.96 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTA-(1,8Z)-DIENE 0 Root 400.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-(8Z)-EN-11,13-DIYN-2-ONE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-(8Z)-EN-2-ONE 0 Root 4000.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-(8Z,11Z)-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-(8Z,13Z)-DIEN-11-YN-2-ONE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PENTADECA-8-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 790.0 -0.48 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POLYACETYLENES 0 Root 20.0 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PONTICAEPOXIDE 3 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperemic 1 *
Hypertensive 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 8 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 1 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 *
Immunomodulator 7 *
Immunostimulant 12 *
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 4 *