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
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
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Mouth)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	5	Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th