Plant Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Evening-Primrose

How this plant is used

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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
BORON	4	Seed	38.0	41.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	12100.0	23400.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	12700.0	18000.0	2.54	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	103.0	220.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	460000.0	671000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	not available	270000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-6,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CIS-GAMMA-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	9800.0	14000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIS-GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Oil	not available	700000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	70000.0	98000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CITROSTADIENIOL	0	Seed	115.0	246.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	11.0	13.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed	62.0	133.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	3400.0	3629.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIGALLIC-ACID	2	Leaf	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
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	7	Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic	1	Martindale's 29th