Product Details

Product Name: Echinacea Purpurea Extract

Latin name: Echinacea Purpurea/ Echinacea angustifolia/Echinacea pallida

Active Ingredient: polyphenol

Specification:

Phenolic Compounds 4%

Polyphenols 4% UV

Cichoric Acid 2%3%4% HPLC

Ratio: 4:1~20:1

Straight Powder

Part of the Plant Used: Stem leaf and root

Appearance: Light brown powder

CAS No: 70831-56-0

Molecular Formula: C22H18O12

Molecular Mass: 474.37

Introduction

Echinacea is a very popular herb, especially for the treatment of flu and colds. It is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family - Asteraceae. It is also known as the American coneflower.

Echinacea was commonly used by Native Americans for hundreds of years before the arrival of European explorers, settlers and colonizers. It is endemic to eastern and central North America and thrives in moist to dry prairies and open woodlands.

By the early 1800s Echinacea became a popular herbal remedy among those who had settled in the USA, and soon became commonly used in Europe as well. It became much more popular after research was carried out on it in Germany in the 1920s.

Echinacea is a perennial plant, it lasts for many years. It is approximately from 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60 centimeters) tall when mature. It is slightly spiky and has large purple to pink flowers, depending on the species. The center of the flower has a seed head (cone), which is also spiky and dark brown to red in color.

Echinacea also contains polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and caffeic acid derivatives.

Function

Echinacea is an herb. Several species of the echinacea plant are used to make medicine from its leaves, flower, and root.

Echinacea is widely used to fight infections, especially the common cold and other upper respiratory infections. Some people take echinacea at the first sign of a cold, hoping they will be able to keep the cold from developing. Other people take echinacea after cold symptoms have started, hoping they can make symptoms less severe. The people who use echinacea to treat symptoms have the right idea. Research to date shows that echinacea probably modestly reduces cold symptoms, but it’s not clear whether it helps prevent colds from developing.

Echinacea is also used against many other infections including the flu, urinary tract infections, vaginal yeast infections, genital herpes, bloodstream infections (septicemia), gum disease, tonsillitis, streptococcus infections, syphilis, typhoid, malaria, and diphtheria.

Echinacea has no known toxicity and has an excellent safety record, being very well tolerated by most people

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