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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
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 22 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 6 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.