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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAMISTEROL | 0 | Seed | 36.0 | 77.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 3700.0 | 3949.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 94.0 | 390.0 | 1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 4100.0 | 5870.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 8700.0 | 10780.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Seed | not available | 160000.0 | 2.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 121500.0 | 227798.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 710000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | 177000.0 | 747000.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 3100.0 | 3842.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Herb | 2700.0 | 3900.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 4300.0 | 5300.0 | 0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 5.0 | 168.0 | 1.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 5400.0 | 5763.0 | 0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 42.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 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. |