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Plant Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae)

Common Names
Evening-Primrose
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *