Dr. Michael Murray The IMMUNE FA CTOR - Natural MediFAQS

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The Evolution of Echinacea
Inconsistent content of Echinacea’s key actives
in other manufacturers’ products
In research by Dr. R. Bauer, remarkable variances were found between the levels of
cichoric acid and alkylamides in different preparations from the same
manufacturers, and even from the same batches of E. purpurea expressed juices.
(a, b, c, etc. indicate different batches from the same manufacturer)
No such variances exist with ECHINAMIDE extract.
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the echinacea extracts or products used in these studies
contained unspecified levels of active ingredients.
Therefore, there was no way to be sure that the
echinacea product used contained sufficient levels of
these key compounds to produce any significant
immune enhancing activity. Since the effectiveness of
any herbal product (or drug for that matter) depends
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