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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
(+)-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
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 5 *
Sweetener 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratologic 2 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 3 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 *
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.