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Plant Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae)

Common Names
Evening-Primrose
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Herb not available 110000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 3500.0 4600.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2400.0 16000.0 4.32 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 3400.0 3629.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 5200.0 8645.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 63000.0 83000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 70.0 90.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.