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
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	7	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.