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Echinacea MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Echinacea
Tree Number(s)
B01.875.800.575.912.250.100.310
Unique ID
D020900
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020900
Annotation
do not confuse with ECHINOIDEA see SEA URCHINS; note entry term CONEFLOWER, PURPLE: CONEFLOWER, PRAIRIE see RATIBIDA and CONEFLOWER, ORANGE see RUDBECKIA are also available
Scope Note
A genus of perennial herbs used topically and internally. It contains echinacoside, GLYCOSIDES; INULIN; isobutyl amides, resin, and SESQUITERPENES.
Entry Term(s)
Coneflower, Purple
Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea purpurea
Pale Purple Coneflower
Rudbeckia purpurea
Related Numbers
txid308558
txid53749
txid53751
Previous Indexing
Plant Extracts (1976-1999)
Plants, Medicinal (1967-1999)
Public MeSH Note
2000
History Note
2000
Date Established
2000/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/03
Revision Date
2021/06/30
Echinacea Preferred
Echinacea purpurea Narrower
Echinacea angustifolia Narrower
Echinacea pallida Narrower
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