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
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
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.