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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Astringent | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteristat | 2 | Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198. |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 25 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candida-SAP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |