%0 Journal Article %T An updated review on pharmacological activities and phytochemical constituents of evening primrose (genus Oenothera ) %+ Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) %+ Laboratoire de Bioinformatique, biomathématiques, biostatistiques (BIMS) (LR11IPT09) %+ University of Health Sciences [Lahore] (UHS Lahore) %A Munir, Rebecca %A Semmar, Nabil %A Farman, Muhammad %A Ahmad, Naseem Saud %< avec comité de lecture %@ 2221-1691 %J Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine %V 7 %N 11 %P 1046-1054 %8 2017-11 %D 2017 %R 10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.10.004 %K Oenothera %K Medicinal plants %K Chemical composition %K Biological activities %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Phytopathology and phytopharmacyJournal articles %X Genus Oenothera includes medicinal plants that are distributed throughout the world and are known since ancient times. Popular indications of different species of this genus include treatment of inflammations, diabetes, microbial infections, ulcers, tumors, kidney and liver problems. The plants of this genus are a botanical source for various pharmaceutically active components like sterols, alkaloids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, triterpe-noids, saponins, biflavonols and tocopherols. This review article is a compilation of chemical composition and biological activities of the various species of the genus Oenothera. %G English %2 https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-02025309/document %2 https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-02025309/file/An%20%20updated%20%20review.pdf %L pasteur-02025309 %U https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-02025309 %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_TUNIS