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Common Names
Evening-Primrose
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 38.0 | 41.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 12100.0 | 23400.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 12700.0 | 18000.0 | 2.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | 103.0 | 220.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 460000.0 | 671000.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 270000.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-6,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CIS-GAMMA-LINOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 9800.0 | 14000.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CIS-GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Oil | not available | 90000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Oil | not available | 700000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 70000.0 | 98000.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CITROSTADIENIOL | 0 | Seed | 115.0 | 246.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 11.0 | 13.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed | 62.0 | 133.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 3400.0 | 3629.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIGALLIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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. |