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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 |