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

Common Names

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
DIHOMO-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	1000.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	23000.0	43000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	140000.0	320000.0	0.29	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	156000.0	234000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	429000.0	2.32	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	140000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed	4860.0	48600.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	80000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed Oil	19000.0	403000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-RESORCYLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Seed	28.0	200.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	26300.0	28068.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	10500.0	11206.0	0.04	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