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
PHYTOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Herb	12700.0	35100.0	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4600.0	7577.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	5900.0	6297.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	150000.0	176054.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Cf	150000.0	176054.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Herb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	91000.0	207000.0	3.00	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	8300.0	8858.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	180.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1875.0	12150.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed Oil	5000.0	19000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	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
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	8	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiplaque	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *