Plant Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Evening-Primrose

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	5500.0	5870.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	125.0	266.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	2000.0	58000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	11.0	100.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Seed	2300.0	2455.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	14100.0	15048.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	47800.0	78000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	11800.0	12593.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	47.0	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	42000.0	66000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	1186.0	2528.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *

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