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Common Names
Evening-Primrose
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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 |