Plant Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Evening-Primrose

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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
2-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	5500.0	5870.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	125.0	266.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	2000.0	58000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	11.0	100.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Seed	2300.0	2455.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	14100.0	15048.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	47800.0	78000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	11800.0	12593.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	47.0	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	42000.0	66000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	1186.0	2528.0	0.34	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
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	10	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling	3	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.