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
DIHOMO-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	1000.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	23000.0	43000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	140000.0	320000.0	0.29	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	156000.0	234000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	429000.0	2.32	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	140000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed	4860.0	48600.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	80000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	20	Seed Oil	19000.0	403000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-RESORCYLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Seed	28.0	200.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	26300.0	28068.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	10500.0	11206.0	0.04	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
Antidote (Cadmium)	1	Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	5	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiedemic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic	6	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *