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

Common Names

Evening-Primrose

How this plant is used

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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
BORON	4	Seed	38.0	41.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	12100.0	23400.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	12700.0	18000.0	2.54	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	103.0	220.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	460000.0	671000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	not available	270000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-6,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CIS-GAMMA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	9800.0	14000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIS-GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Oil	not available	700000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	70000.0	98000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CITROSTADIENIOL	0	Seed	115.0	246.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	11.0	13.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed	62.0	133.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	3400.0	3629.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIGALLIC-ACID	2	Leaf	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
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	9	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229