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The main phytochemical in this evening primrose seed oil is gamma-linolenic acid. [21] There is no high-quality scientific evidence that O. biennis or evening primrose oil has any effect on human diseases or promotion of health, [21] [22] and specifically no evidence that it is effective to treat atopic dermatitis or cancer.
Oenothera biennis, the common evening-primrose, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. [4]
Oenothera villosa, the hairy evening primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. [2] It is native to nearly all of the United States (except Hawaii, Alaska, Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina), and to all Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories.
Oenothera parviflora, the northern evening primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is native to northeastern North America, and invasive in Europe, Asia, South Africa and New Zealand.
Oenothera deltoides is a species of evening primrose known by several common names, including birdcage evening primrose, basket evening primrose, lion in a cage, and devil's lantern. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico , where it grows in sandy habitats from desert to beach.
Lady Delphi Primrose (b. 2003), Scottish model; Francis Ward Primrose (1785–1860), M.P. for Stirling District of Burghs; George Anson Primrose (1849–1930), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy; George Primrose, member of the blackface song-and-dance team Primrose and West; Gilbert E. Primrose (1848–1935), Scottish international footballer
Olbas Oil is a remedy, of Swiss origin, for congestion in the chest and nose, some hayfever relief (in certain cases) and also for muscle ache via massage. It is made from a mixture of several different essential oils and has been marketed since before 1916. The name is a contraction of Oleum Basileum, "oil from Basel".
The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax was a 1979 scandal involving French oil company Elf Aquitaine. The company spent millions of dollars developing a new gravity wave-based oil detection system, which was later revealed to be a scam. Elf lost over $150 million in the hoax. In France, the scandal is known as the "Avions Renifleurs" ("Sniffer Planes"). [1]