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
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 *