Echinacea angustifolia (root)
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Nomenclature
Echinacea angustifolia DC. Asteraceae
Standardized common name (English): Echinacea angustifolia
Botanical Voucher Specimen
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Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Narrow-leaf Echinacea (root) (Echinacea angustifolia) Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):
Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates Mobile Phase ethyl acetate: MEK methylethyl ketone: HCOOH: H2O [5/3/1/1] Sample Preparation Method 0.3 g + 3 ml CH3OH sonicate 10 min NO HEAT Detection Method Natural Product Reagent + PEG -> UV 365 nm Reference see American Herbal Pharmacopoeia & Therapeutic Compendium
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Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001065959
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ American Medicinal Plants of Commercial Importance (1930)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com