OENOTHERA BIENNIS L. (Onagraceae) "Evening-Primrose" ALANINE Seed 5,500 - 5,870 ppm ALPHA-AMYRIN Seed 125 - 266 ppm ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID Seed 39,000 - 58,000 ppm ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Seed 11 - 24 ppm AMMONIA Seed 2,300 - 2,455 ppm ARGININE Seed 14,100 - 15,048 ppm ASH Seed 47,800 - 78,000 ppm ASPARTIC-ACID Seed 11,800 - 12,593 ppm BETA-AMYRIN Seed 47 - 100 ppm BETA-LINOLEIC-ACID Seed 42,000 - 66,000 ppm BETA-SITOSTEROL Seed 1,186 - 2,528 ppm BORON Seed 38 - 41 ppm CAFFEIC-ACID Leaf CALCIUM Plant 12,100 - 23,400 ppm; Seed 12,700 - 18,000 ppm CAMPESTEROL Seed 103 - 220 ppm CARBOHYDRATES Plant; Plant 460,000 - 671,000 ppm CELLULOSE Seed 270,000 ppm CIS-6,9,12-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID Plant CITROSTADIENIOL Seed 115 - 246 ppm COPPER Seed 11 - 13 ppm CYCLOARTENOL Seed 62 - 133 ppm CYSTINE Seed 3,400 - 3,629 ppm DELPHINIDIN Leaf DIGALLIC-ACID Leaf ELLAGIC-ACID Leaf FAT Plant 23,000 - 43,000 ppm; Seed 150,000 - 320,000 ppm FIBER Plant 156,000 - 234,000 ppm; Seed 429,000 ppm GALLIC-ACID Leaf GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID Seed 4,860 - 48,600 ppm GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL Seed 28 - 60 ppm GLUTAMIC-ACID Seed 26,300 - 28,068 ppm GLYCINE Seed 10,500 ppm GRAMISTEROL Seed 36 - 77 ppm HISTIDINE Seed 3,700 - 3,949 ppm IRON Seed 94 - 390 ppm ISOLEUCINE Seed 4,100 - 5,870 ppm KAEMPFEROL Leaf LEUCINE Seed 8,700 - 10,780 ppm LIGNIN Seed 160,000 ppm LINOLEIC-ACID Seed 121,500 - 227,798 ppm LYSINE Seed 3,100 - 3,842 ppm MAGNESIUM Herb 2,700 - 3,900 ppm; Seed 4,300 - 5,300 ppm MANGANESE Seed 5 - 168 ppm METHIONINE Seed 5,400 - 5,763 ppm METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Seed 20 - 42 ppm MUCILAGE Plant NEOCHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf O-COUMARIC-ACID Plant OBTUSIFOLIOL Seed 26 - 56 ppm OENOTHERIN Plant OLEIC-ACID Seed 15,000 - 50,000 ppm P-COUMARIC-ACID Leaf PALMITIC-ACID Seed 7,500 - 31,590 ppm PHENYLALANINE Seed 6,900 - 7,364 ppm PHLOBAPHENE Plant PHOSPHORUS Plant 1,700 - 3,700 ppm; Seed 4,100 - 7,257 ppm PHYTOSTEROLS Plant POTASSIUM Herb 12,700 - 35,100 ppm; Seed 4,600 - 7,577 ppm PROLINE Seed 5,900 - 6,297 ppm QUERCETIN Herb; Leaf 91,000 - 207,000 ppm RESIN Plant SERINE Seed 8,300 - 8,858 ppm SODIUM Seed 180 ppm STARCH Seed STEARIC-ACID Seed 1,875 - 12,150 ppm TANNIN Herb 110,000 ppm THREONINE Seed 3,500 - 4,600 ppm TRYPTOPHAN Seed 2,400 - 16,000 ppm TYROSINE Seed 3,400 - 3,629 ppm VALINE Seed 5,200 - 8,645 ppm WATER Seed 63,000 - 83,000 ppm ZINC Seed 70 - 90 ppm --------------------------------------------------- ppm = parts per million