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

Common Names

Evening-Primrose

How this plant is used

Food

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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	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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th