Monograph at
NCCAM Herbs-at-a-Glance
Scientific Name:
Echinacea purpurea, E. angustifolia, E. pallida
Family Name:
Asteraceae/Compositae
Common Name:
echinacea
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Related Links
Search for phytochemicals in Echinacea in Dr. Duke's
Phytochem and Ethnobot DB
Scroll down index of herbs to find Radix Echinaceae and Herba Echinaceae Purpureae within the pdf file in
WHO monograph
Monograph at
The Herb Research Foundation
History of Record
ORIGINAL RESEARCH BY: Soaring Bear, Ph.D.
May 1999
MAJOR REVISION BY: J. Mohanasundarum, MD, PhD
January 2010
LATEST UPDATES BY: Julie Dennis
January 2023