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
PHYTOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Herb	12700.0	35100.0	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4600.0	7577.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	5900.0	6297.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	150000.0	176054.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Cf	150000.0	176054.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Herb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	91000.0	207000.0	3.00	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	8300.0	8858.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	180.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1875.0	12150.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed Oil	5000.0	19000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Inflorescence	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 *