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
GRAMISTEROL	0	Seed	36.0	77.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	3700.0	3949.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	94.0	390.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	4100.0	5870.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	8700.0	10780.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Seed	not available	160000.0	2.04	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	121500.0	227798.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	710000.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	177000.0	747000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	3100.0	3842.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Herb	2700.0	3900.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	4300.0	5300.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	5.0	168.0	1.43	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	5400.0	5763.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Seed	20.0	42.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	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.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Martindale's 28th
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *