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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae)

Common Names
Evening-Primrose
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Herb 110000.0 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Inflorescence *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Leaf *
THREONINE 4 Seed 3500.0 4600.0 -0.79 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2400.0 16000.0 4.32 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 3400.0 3629.0 -0.95 *
VALINE 3 Seed 5200.0 8645.0 -0.41 *
WATER 0 Seed 63000.0 83000.0 -0.55 *
ZINC 77 Seed 70.0 90.0 1.27 *
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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 *
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 *
Antiherpetic 7 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 4 *
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 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th