Echinacea (Echinacea Moench) has anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-viral, antiallergic, antiarthritic and immunomodulating effects. Immunomodulation effects of Echinacea are related with several bioactive substances that it contains. Amongst them are polysaccharides, essential oils, glycosides, saponins, resins, organic acids (including polyunsaturated fatty acid) and phytosterols, alkaloids, tannins; phenolic acids having antiseptic properties; and polyenes, substances destroying many fungi species.
All the parts of Echinacea contain lots of mineral substances, including some rare minerals as calcium, potassium, selenium, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, silver, cobalt, chlorine, iron, aluminum, magnesium, vanadium, barium, beryllium, nickel...