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

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Evening-Primrose

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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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.