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Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose is a herb with 206 known flavor compounds. Evening Primrose appears in 1 recipes. Evening Primrose has no compounds unique to it in our source data — its profile is made up entirely of volatiles common across many foods, so we don't report a signature molecule or a top pairing for it.

Scientific name: Oenothera biennis
species of plant
Wikidata Q157353 (CC0)
Evening Primrose — ingredient reference image
206
Flavor Compounds
4
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

206 compounds

How Evening Primrose's 206 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

sour 34 · 16.5%
other 34 · 16.5%
floral 23 · 11.2%
green 19 · 9.2%
fruity 19 · 9.2%
roasted 16 · 7.8%
herbal 13 · 6.3%
spicy 8 · 3.9%
sulfurous 7 · 3.4%
woody 3 · 1.5%

Flavor Compounds

3 of 206 are distinctive to evening primrose — they appear in under 10% of foods. The remainder are the background most foods share.

Ordered by measured impact in evening primrose — concentration against odour threshold where both are published, then by how distinctive the molecule is across the graph. Molecules measured here but not established as odorants sit below those that are.

Molecules volatile enough to reach the nose.
syringic acid 4-hydroxybenzoic acid 3-(methylthio)propanal 2-methyl-1-butanol methanethiol coumarin 3-methylbutanal 2-methylbutyraldehyde isobutyraldehyde phenethyl acetate eugenol 1-penten-3-one neral cinnamyl alcohol geraniol dihydroxyacetone ethylene acetaldehyde phenylacetic acid 2,3-butanedione vanillin octanal benzoic acid oleic acid phenylacetaldehyde 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid benzyl alcohol 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde glycerol cis-3-hexenal +91 more ellagic acid lutein isorhamnetin isoliquiritigenin taxifolin daidzein squalene genistein quercetin luteolin myricetin phloretin zeaxanthin aconitic acid stigmasterol naringenin inosine guanosine apigenin adenosine l-isoleucine kaempferol l-leucine cholesterol lotaustralin rebaudioside a phlorizin inosinic acid l-glutamine l-cystine caffeine α-tocopherol calcium lactate hypoxanthine creatine chlorophyll b choline daidzin chlorophyll a l-methionine theobromine nicotinic acid d-lactic acid creatinine 5-p-coumaroylquinic acid hydantoin 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene umbelliferone neoglucobrassicin glucobrassicin (-)-matairesinol β-cryptoxanthin n,n-dimethylaniline gondoic acid phosphoric acid dopamine alpha-l-sorbopyranose alpha-maltose d-mannitol dl-liquiritigenin

Best Pairings for Evening Primrose

Ranked by how often cooks actually use them together, across 453,403 recipes — the familiar answer first. Each pairing still carries its molecular score and shared-compound count; only the ORDER differs. Counts cover every characterised molecule the two ingredients have in common, not only the aroma-active ones, so they can exceed an ingredient’s aroma-compound count. For the chemistry-first view — where the surprising pairings live — see the molecular network below, the side-by-side comparison, or the Pairing Tool.

Limited data for this ingredient

Our sources don't yet contain a dedicated aroma analysis for evening primrose. Its profile is built entirely from volatiles that are common across many foods, with none specific to it — so the ranking below reflects that shared background, not a distinct molecular match. Treat it as a placeholder until we have GC‑MS coverage for this ingredient.

Molecular Neighborhood

Evening Primrose and its 10 closest compound-sharing relatives. Spoke thickness = shared compounds; circle size = that ingredient's own compound count. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, click to open.

Molecular neighborhood diagram of evening primrose — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds
1
Purslane plant
202 shared compounds
77%
2
Chive vegetable
202 shared compounds
59%
3
Mustard spice
201 shared compounds
50%
4
Garlic herb
204 shared compounds
Novel
41%

Compare Evening Primrose side-by-side

Evening Primrose vs Purslane Evening Primrose vs Chive Evening Primrose vs Mustard Evening Primrose vs Garlic

Recipes with Evening Primrose

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Wild Herb Seasoning

Wild Herb Seasoning

purslane chive garlic +3
6 ingr. View →
Research basis

Evening Primrose is supported by 1,146 peer-reviewed papers

Drawn from PubMed + Europe PMC + food-science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.
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