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
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-VANILLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed	26.0	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OENOTHEIN-A	1	Leaf	not available	1250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OENOTHERIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	15000.0	50000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	120000.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	22000.0	119000.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	7500.0	31590.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	17000.0	86000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	6900.0	7364.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	1700.0	3700.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	4100.0	7257.0	0.50	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