Evening Primrose Oil

Preferred Label : Evening Primrose Oil;

NCIt synonyms : King's-cure-all; Fever Plant; Tree Primrose; Great Evening-Primrose; Common Evening Primrose; Night Willow-herb; Scabish; Scurvish;

NCIt definition : An oil extracted from the seeds of the plant Oenothera biennis, a North American native biennial branching shrub with small yellow flowers. The oil contains the fatty acids linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a rare essential fatty acid.;

UNII : 3Q9L08K71N;

CAS number : 308064-97-3;

Details

Origin ID

C72199;

UMLS CUI

C0700602;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Plant [LOINC System]
- Seedlings [MeSH Descriptor]
- evening primrose oil [MeSH concept]
- evening primrose oil [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- plants [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Evening primrose oil (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Evening primrose oil (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- evening primrose oil [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- FDA Established Names and Unique Ingredient Identifier Codes Terminology [NCIt concept]

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