oenothera

Summary

Summary: A plant genus of the family ONAGRACEAE. Members contain oenotheins.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Polyphenolic profile and bioactivity study of Oenothera speciosa Nutt. aerial parts
    Mohamed S Marzouk
    Natural Products Group, Centre of Scientific Excellence, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
    Molecules 14:1456-67. 2009
  2. ncbi Ethanol extract of seeds of Oenothera odorata induces vasorelaxation via endothelium-dependent NO-cGMP signaling through activation of Akt-eNOS-sGC pathway
    Hye Yoom Kim
    Hanbang Body fluid Research Center and Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570 749, Republic of Korea
    J Ethnopharmacol 133:315-23. 2011
  3. ncbi An exceptional horizontal gene transfer in plastids: gene replacement by a distant bacterial paralog and evidence that haptophyte and cryptophyte plastids are sisters
    Danny W Rice
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    BMC Biol 4:31. 2006
  4. ncbi The complete nucleotide sequences of the 5 genetically distinct plastid genomes of Oenothera, subsection Oenothera: II. A microevolutionary view using bioinformatics and formal genetic data
    Stephan Greiner
    Lehrstuhl fur Botanik, Department Biology I, Botany, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Mol Biol Evol 25:2019-30. 2008
  5. ncbi The complete nucleotide sequences of the five genetically distinct plastid genomes of Oenothera, subsection Oenothera: I. sequence evaluation and plastome evolution
    Stephan Greiner
    Department Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Menzinger Strasse 67, 80 638 Munich, Germany
    Nucleic Acids Res 36:2366-78. 2008
  6. ncbi Oenothera laciniata inhibits lipopolysaccharide induced production of nitric oxide, prostaglandin E2, and proinflammatory cytokines in RAW264.7 macrophages
    Weon Jong Yoon
    Research Group for Cosmetic Materials, Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute JBRI, Jeju High Tech Development Institute HiDI, Jeju, Republic of Korea
    J Biosci Bioeng 107:429-38. 2009
  7. ncbi Construction, database integration, and application of an Oenothera EST library
    Jaroslav Mracek
    Department Biologie I, Botanik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Menzinger Strasse 67, 80638 Munchen, Germany
    Genomics 88:372-80. 2006
  8. ncbi Identification of weed plants excluding the uptake of heavy metals
    Shuhe Wei
    Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    Environ Int 31:829-34. 2005
  9. ncbi Activity of some Mexican medicinal plant extracts on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema
    M Meckes
    Unidad de Investigación Médica en Farmacología de Productos Naturales, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Av Cuauhtemoc 330, Col Doctores, Mexico DF, Mexico
    Phytomedicine 11:446-51. 2004
  10. ncbi [Study on the encapsulation technique of high purity gamma-linolenic acid, part 1--Single factor, and two-factor tests for encapsulation process]
    Feng xia Liu
    Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
    Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 30:433-5. 2005

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  1. ncbi Polyphenolic profile and bioactivity study of Oenothera speciosa Nutt. aerial parts
    Mohamed S Marzouk
    Natural Products Group, Centre of Scientific Excellence, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
    Molecules 14:1456-67. 2009
    ..acid methyl ester (14), were identified from the 80 % methanol extract of the aerial parts (leaves and stems) of Oenothera speciosa Nutt. (Onagraceae)...
  2. ncbi Ethanol extract of seeds of Oenothera odorata induces vasorelaxation via endothelium-dependent NO-cGMP signaling through activation of Akt-eNOS-sGC pathway
    Hye Yoom Kim
    Hanbang Body fluid Research Center and Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570 749, Republic of Korea
    J Ethnopharmacol 133:315-23. 2011
    The vasorelaxant effect of ethanol extract of seeds of Oenothera odorata (Onagraceae) (one species of evening primroses) (ESOO) and its mechanisms involved were defined.
  3. ncbi An exceptional horizontal gene transfer in plastids: gene replacement by a distant bacterial paralog and evidence that haptophyte and cryptophyte plastids are sisters
    Danny W Rice
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    BMC Biol 4:31. 2006
    ..In this study, we analyzed all genes from sequenced plastid genomes to unearth any neglected cases of HGT and to obtain a measure of the overall extent of HGT to the plastid...
  4. ncbi The complete nucleotide sequences of the 5 genetically distinct plastid genomes of Oenothera, subsection Oenothera: II. A microevolutionary view using bioinformatics and formal genetic data
    Stephan Greiner
    Lehrstuhl fur Botanik, Department Biology I, Botany, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Mol Biol Evol 25:2019-30. 2008
    A unique combination of genetic features and a rich stock of information make the flowering plant genus Oenothera an appealing model to explore the molecular basis of speciation processes including nucleus-organelle coevolution...
  5. ncbi The complete nucleotide sequences of the five genetically distinct plastid genomes of Oenothera, subsection Oenothera: I. sequence evaluation and plastome evolution
    Stephan Greiner
    Department Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Menzinger Strasse 67, 80 638 Munich, Germany
    Nucleic Acids Res 36:2366-78. 2008
    The flowering plant genus Oenothera is uniquely suited for studying molecular mechanisms of speciation...
  6. ncbi Oenothera laciniata inhibits lipopolysaccharide induced production of nitric oxide, prostaglandin E2, and proinflammatory cytokines in RAW264.7 macrophages
    Weon Jong Yoon
    Research Group for Cosmetic Materials, Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute JBRI, Jeju High Tech Development Institute HiDI, Jeju, Republic of Korea
    J Biosci Bioeng 107:429-38. 2009
    We elucidated the pharmacological and biological effects of Oenothera laciniata extracts on the production of inflammatory mediators in macrophages. The CH(2)Cl(2) fraction of O...
  7. ncbi Construction, database integration, and application of an Oenothera EST library
    Jaroslav Mracek
    Department Biologie I, Botanik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Menzinger Strasse 67, 80638 Munchen, Germany
    Genomics 88:372-80. 2006
    ..The genus Oenothera represents a unique, at present the only available, resource to study the role of the compartmentalized plant ..
  8. ncbi Identification of weed plants excluding the uptake of heavy metals
    Shuhe Wei
    Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    Environ Int 31:829-34. 2005
    ..After a systematic identification, it was determined that Oenothera biennis and Commelina communis were Cd-excluders and Taraxacum mongolicum was a Zn-excluder. O...
  9. ncbi Activity of some Mexican medicinal plant extracts on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema
    M Meckes
    Unidad de Investigación Médica en Farmacología de Productos Naturales, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Av Cuauhtemoc 330, Col Doctores, Mexico DF, Mexico
    Phytomedicine 11:446-51. 2004
    ..b>Oenothera rosea methanol extract, Sphaeralcea angustifolia chloroform extract, Acaciafarnesiana, Larrea tridentata and ..
  10. ncbi [Study on the encapsulation technique of high purity gamma-linolenic acid, part 1--Single factor, and two-factor tests for encapsulation process]
    Feng xia Liu
    Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
    Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 30:433-5. 2005
    ..To study the effects of all factors during the process of urea encapsulation of gamma-linolenic acid on the purity and yield...
  11. ncbi [Photosynthetic characteristics and coenological survey of Lactuca serriola in its invaded area]
    Shui Liang Guo
    College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
    Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 17:2316-20. 2006
    ..bonarinisis, Bidentis bipinnata, Oenothera laciniata, Ipomoea hederacea, Setaria viridis, Daucus carota, Xanthium sibiricum, Erigeron annuus, L...
  12. ncbi Phylogenetic diversity of phytopathogenic mycoplasmalike organisms
    S Namba
    Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Syst Bacteriol 43:461-7. 1993
    ..A high level of sequence homology (99%) between the Oenothera hookeri MLO and the severe strain of the western aster yellows MLO on the one hand and group I MLOs on the other ..
  13. ncbi Top 10 botanical ingredients in 2010 anti-aging creams
    Hyland Cronin
    Dermatology Resident, Clinical Dermatology Center, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA
    J Cosmet Dermatol 9:218-25. 2010
    ..are hot off the market are: Rosmarinus officinalis, Vitis vinifera (grape seed extract), Citronellol, Limonene, Oenothera biennis (evening primrose), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice extract), Aframomum angustifolium seed extract, ..
  14. ncbi Surveys of microfungi in a former industrial area in Duisburg-Nord
    G B Feige
    Universitat Essen, FB 9 Botanik Universitätsstr 5, D 45117 Essen, Germany
    Meded Rijksuniv Gent Fak Landbouwkd Toegep Biol Wet 67:227-39. 2002
    ..Dactylaria aff. graminicola on Lolium perenne L., Siroplacodium aff. atrum on Oenothera beinnis L., Diatrypella favacea (Fr.) Sacc. on Prunus spec., Hapalosphaeria deformans (Syd.) Syd...
  15. ncbi Whole-gene positive selection, elevated synonymous substitution rates, duplication, and indel evolution of the chloroplast clpP1 gene
    Per Erixon
    Department of Systematic Botany, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    PLoS ONE 3:e1386. 2008
    ..Until recently, positive selection has seldom been observed in chloroplast genes, and large-scale structural rearrangements leading to gene duplications are hitherto supposed to be rare...
  16. ncbi Spatiotemporal variation in the reproductive ecology of two parapatric subspecies of Oenothera cespitosa (Onagraceae)
    Derek R Artz
    Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Seeley G Mudd Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA
    Am J Bot 97:1498-510. 2010
    ..We investigated the reproductive ecology of two subspecies of the tufted evening primrose, Oenothera cespitosa, which occupy geographically and edaphically distinct habitats in western North America: O...
  17. ncbi Evolution in plant populations as a driver of ecological changes in arthropod communities
    Marc T J Johnson
    Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Gardner Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364:1593-605. 2009
    ..We tested these conditions in a field experiment examining the interactions between a native plant (Oenothera biennis) and its associated arthropod community (more than 90 spp.)...
  18. ncbi Glomalin-related soil protein in a Mediterranean ecosystem affected by a copper smelter and its contribution to Cu and Zn sequestration
    Pablo Cornejo
    Departamento de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Casilla 54 D, Temuco, Chile
    Sci Total Environ 406:154-60. 2008
    ..R) and non-rhizospheric (NR) soil of four representative plants (Argemone subfusiformis, Baccharis linearis, Oenothera affinis and Polypogon viridis) was analyzed. The results showed a strong variability in GRSP (6.6-36...
  19. ncbi Partial conservation of the 5' ndhE-psaC-ndhD 3' gene arrangement of chloroplasts in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: implications for NDH-D function in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts
    S L Anderson
    DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
    Plant Mol Biol 16:487-99. 1991
    ..PCC 7120 genomic DNA, but did hybridize to Oenothera chloroplast DNA...
  20. ncbi Breeding system variation in 10 evening primroses (Oenothera sections Anogra and Kleinia; Onagraceae)
    Kathryn E Theiss
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N Eagleville Road, U 3043, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 USA
    Am J Bot 97:1031-9. 2010
    ..accounts of the relationship between breeding system and life history variation in a clade of evening primroses (Oenothera, Onagraceae): (1) selection for reproductive assurance should generate an association between self-compatibility ..
  21. ncbi Heritability, covariation and natural selection on 24 traits of common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) from a field experiment
    M T J Johnson
    Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
    J Evol Biol 22:1295-307. 2009
    ..In a field experiment, we detected significant heritable variation for each of 24 traits of Oenothera biennis and extensive genetic covariance among traits...
  22. ncbi PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
    E L Larson
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Ecol Resour 8:434-6. 2008
    We developed nine polymorphic microsatellite loci for evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). These loci have two to 18 alleles per locus and observed heterozygosities ranging from 0 to 0.879 in a sample of 34 individuals...
  23. ncbi Oenothera paradoxa defatted seeds extract containing pentagalloylglucose and procyanidins potentiates the cytotoxicity of vincristine
    E Jaszewska
    Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
    J Physiol Pharmacol 61:637-43. 2010
    The purpose of the study was a comparison of Oenothera paradoxa Hudziok defatted seeds extract (EPE) effect with the activity of individual constituents of the extract: pentagalloylglucose (PGG), gallic acid, (+)-catechin and the ..
  24. ncbi Cytochrome b-559 genes from Oenothera hookeri and Nicotiana tabacum show a remarkably high degree of conservation as compared to spinach. The enigma of cytochrome b-559: highly conserved genes and proteins but no known function
    N Carrillo
    Botanisches Institut der Universitat, Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
    Curr Genet 10:619-24. 1986
    ..The genes for this cytochrome, designated psbE and psbF, have been located on the chloroplast chromosome of Oenothera hookeri and Nicotiana tabacum by hybridization with fragments of the corresponding spinach genes, and ..
  25. ncbi Arsenate tolerance mechanism of Oenothera odorata from a mine population involves the induction of phytochelatins in roots
    Dae Yeon Kim
    Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, 1 5 Anam dong Seongbuk gu, 136 701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Chemosphere 75:505-12. 2009
    We investigated the arsenate tolerance mechanisms of Oenothera odorata by comparing two populations [i.e...
  26. ncbi Morphogenesis in short-term and long-term anther derived calli of Oenothera hookeri de vries
    L D Martinez
    Centro de Microscopia Electronica, Universidad Catolica de Cordoba, Obispo Trejo 323, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina
    Biocell 24:239-46. 2000
    ..Peroxisomes with paracrystalline protein bodies were abundant in both types of calli...
  27. ncbi Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of complex hybridity in Isotoma petraea
    John D Bussell
    Department of Botany, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
    Evolution 56:1296-302. 2002
    Complex hybridity is a rare diploid genetic system of plants, extensively characterized in Oenothera, in which heterozygosity for one or more reciprocal translocations is maintained by means of autogamy and a balanced lethal system...
  28. ncbi HILIC quantification of oenotheralanosterol A and B from Oenothera biennis and their suppression of IL-6 and TNF-α expression in mouse macrophages
    Rashmi Singh
    Analytical Chemistry Department, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR CIMAP, Lucknow, India
    J Ethnopharmacol 141:357-62. 2012
    Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L.) is a wild medicinal herb of Central American origin that is now globally widespread...
  29. ncbi Phytotherapy of alcoholism
    Michał Tomczyk
    Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Białystok, ul Mickiewicza 2A, 15 230 Białystok, Poland
    Nat Prod Commun 7:273-80. 2012
    ..A. Mey.), Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis Thunb.), ibogaine (Tabernanthe iboga H. Bn.), evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L.), prickly pear fruit (Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill.), purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L...
  30. ncbi Relationships between arthropod richness, evenness, and diversity are altered by complementarity among plant genotypes
    Scott H McArt
    Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 4125 Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Oecologia 168:1013-21. 2012
    ..Here, using common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) and its associated arthropod community, we show that relationships between arthropod richness, evenness,..
  31. ncbi Loss of sexual recombination and segregation is associated with increased diversification in evening primroses
    Marc T J Johnson
    Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
    Evolution 65:3230-40. 2011
    ..Although asexual reproduction may often constrain adaptive evolution, our results show that the loss of recombination and segregation need not be an evolutionary dead end in terms of diversification of lineages...
  32. ncbi Ex vivo effects of an Oenothera paradoxa extract on the reactive oxygen species generation and neutral endopeptidase activity in neutrophils from patients after acute myocardial infarction
    Anna K Kiss
    Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02 097, Warsaw, Poland
    Phytother Res 26:482-7. 2012
    ..from healthy volunteers and from patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by an aqueous extract of Oenothera paradoxa...
  33. ncbi Social dilemmas among supergenes: intragenomic sexual conflict and a selfing solution in Oenothera
    Sam P Brown
    Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Evolution 65:3360-7. 2011
    ..two members, or supergenes? Using a series of simple game-theoretic models inspired by the peculiar genetics of Oenothera sp...
  34. ncbi Molecular marker systems for Oenothera genetics
    Uwe Rauwolf
    Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Lehrstuhl fur Botanik, Department Biologie I, Munich, Germany
    Genetics 180:1289-306. 2008
    The genus Oenothera has an outstanding scientific tradition. It has been a model for studying aspects of chromosome evolution and speciation, including the impact of plastid nuclear co-evolution...
  35. ncbi Climate, niche evolution, and diversification of the "bird-cage" evening primroses (Oenothera, sections Anogra and Kleinia)
    Margaret E K Evans
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
    Am Nat 173:225-40. 2009
    We integrate climatic niche models and dated phylogenies to characterize the evolution of climatic niches in Oenothera sections Anogra and Kleinia (Onagraceae), and from that we make inferences on diversification in relation to climate...
  36. ncbi Meiotic events in Oenothera - a non-standard pattern of chromosome behaviour
    Hieronim Golczyk
    Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52, 31 044 Krakow, Poland
    Genome 51:952-8. 2008
    The genus Oenothera shows an intriguing extent of permanent translocation heterozygosity. Reciprocal translocations of chromosome arms in species or populations result in various kinds of chromosome multivalents in diakinesis...
  37. ncbi Molecular characterization of a rice mutator-phenotype derived from an incompatible cross-pollination reveals transgenerational mobilization of multiple transposable elements and extensive epigenetic instability
    Hongyan Wang
    Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, PR China
    BMC Plant Biol 9:63. 2009
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  38. ncbi Polyphenols from evening primrose ( Oenothera paradoxa ) defatted seeds induce apoptosis in human colon cancer Caco-2 cells
    Sylwia Gorlach
    Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 4 10, 90 924 Lodz, Poland
    J Agric Food Chem 59:6985-97. 2011
    ..The fractions strongly and dose-dependently reduced Caco-2 cell numbers, whereas HT-29 and IEC-6 cells were affected to lesser extents...
  39. ncbi First evidence of hexameric and heptameric ellagitannins in plants detected by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry
    Maarit Karonen
    Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, FI 20014 University of Turku, Finland
    Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 24:3151-6. 2010
    ..An ellagitannin-rich fraction was isolated by Sephadex LH-20 from Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) leaves and roots and analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography/diode-..
  40. ncbi Uncoupling of sexual reproduction from homologous recombination in homozygous Oenothera species
    U Rauwolf
    Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Department Biologie I, Chair of Botany, Planegg Martinsried, Germany
    Heredity (Edinb) 107:87-94. 2011
    ..In this study, we constructed the first linkage maps of homozygous, bivalent-forming Oenothera species and provide evidence that HR was exclusively confined to the chromosome ends of all linkage groups in ..
  41. ncbi Oenothera paradoxa defatted seeds extract and its bioactive component penta-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose decreased production of reactive oxygen species and inhibited release of leukotriene B4, interleukin-8, elastase, and myeloperoxidase in human neutrophils
    Anna K Kiss
    Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02 097, Warsaw, Poland
    J Agric Food Chem 58:9960-6. 2010
    In this study, we analyzed ex vivo the effect of an aqueous extract of Oenothera paradoxa defatted seeds on the formation of neutrophil-derived oxidants...
  42. ncbi Extreme environments select for reproductive assurance: evidence from evening primroses (Oenothera)
    Margaret E K Evans
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    New Phytol 191:555-63. 2011
    ..data from a clade of plants remarkable for variation in breeding system, life history and climatic conditions (Oenothera, sections Anogra and Kleinia, Onagraceae)...
  43. ncbi Stomatal responses to flooding of the intercellular air spaces suggest a vapor-phase signal between the mesophyll and the guard cells
    Erik Sibbernsen
    Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 5305, USA
    Plant Physiol 153:1435-42. 2010
    ..was shown to cause rapid closure of stomata in Tradescantia pallida, Lactuca serriola, Helianthus annuus, and Oenothera caespitosa...
  44. ncbi Biodegradable chelate enhances the phytoextraction of copper by Oenothera picensis grown in copper-contaminated acid soils
    Isabel Gonzalez
    Doctorado en Geografía, Planificación Territorial y Gestión Ambiental, Universitat de Barcelona, Espana, Spain
    Chemosphere 84:490-6. 2011
    b>Oenothera picensis plants (Fragrant Evening Primrose) grow in the acid soils contaminated by copper smelting in the coastal region of central Chile...
  45. ncbi Herbivory enhances positive effects of plant genotypic diversity
    John D Parker
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
    Ecol Lett 13:553-63. 2010
    ..We manipulated plant genotypic diversity of the native plant Oenothera biennis and monitored its survivorship and lifetime fitness with and without one of its major vertebrate ..
  46. ncbi Evening primrose oil
    Bryan Bayles
    Dept of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
    Am Fam Physician 80:1405-8. 2009
    Evening primrose oil (Oenothera biennis) is a commonly used alternative therapy and a rich source of omega-6 essential fatty acids...
  47. ncbi Effects of plant sex on range distributions and allocation to reproduction
    Marc T J Johnson
    Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Gardner Hall, Box 7612, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
    New Phytol 186:769-79. 2010
    ..Here, we reconstructed the phylogeny of the genus Oenothera sections Oenothera and Calylophus (Onagraceae), which contain 35 sexual and 30 functionally asexual species...
  48. ncbi Extensive mis-splicing of a bi-partite plant mitochondrial group II intron
    Helen Elina
    Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
    Nucleic Acids Res 38:996-1008. 2010
    ..Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that mis-splicing does not occur in Oenothera mitochondria, where intron 3 is further fragmented such that the predicted base-pairing region is not covalently ..
  49. ncbi Pro-oxidative and pro-apoptotic action of defatted seeds of Oenothera paradoxa on human skin melanoma cells
    Edyta Jaszewska
    Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
    J Agric Food Chem 57:8282-9. 2009
    Three extracts of defatted seeds of Oenothera paradoxa Hudziok, aqueous extract, 60% ethanolic extract, and 30% isopropanolic extract, differing by their total content of phenolic compounds and by their contents of individual polyphenols,..
  50. ncbi Inhibitory effects of Oenothera biennis (evening primrose) seed extract on Streptococcus mutans and S. mutans-induced dental caries in rats
    M Matsumoto-Nakano
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    Caries Res 45:56-63. 2011
    b>Oenothera biennis (evening primrose) seed extract (OBSE) is known to contain polyphenols, which may possess antioxidant activities...
  51. ncbi Ecological recovery of vegetation on a coke-factory soil: role of plant antioxidant enzymes and possible implications in site restoration
    Marc Dazy
    Laboratoire Interactions Ecotoxicologie, Biodiversité, Ecosystèmes, CNRS UMR 7146, Universite Paul Verlaine Metz, Metz, France
    Chemosphere 74:57-63. 2008
    ..Indeed, for several species including Erigeron canadensis and Oenothera biennis, we observed toxic effects of the polluted soil on plant height and biomass...
  52. ncbi Novel biological properties of Oenothera paradoxa defatted seed extracts: effects on metallopeptidase activity
    Anna K Kiss
    Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
    J Agric Food Chem 56:7845-52. 2008
    ..PGG and procyanidins with different degrees of polymerization, as the dominating compounds in O. paradoxa seeds, seemed to play a role in the crude extract activity...
  53. ncbi Chloroplast mutations induced by 9-aminoacridine hydrochloride are independent of the plastome mutator in Oenothera
    M GuhaMajumdar
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 37 Plant Biology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    Theor Appl Genet 108:543-9. 2004
    b>Oenothera plants homozygous for the recessive plastome mutator allele ( pm) show chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) mutation frequencies that are about 1,000-fold higher than spontaneous levels...
  54. ncbi Distribution of pectins in the pollen apertures of Oenothera hookeri.velans ster/+ster
    I Noher de Halac
    Centro de Estudio de las Metabolapatías Congénitas, Catedra de Clinica Pediatrica, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
    Biocell 27:11-8. 2003
    ..The aim of this paper was to deepen the study of the spatial pattern of pectin distribution in the aperture of Oenothera hookeri.velans ster/+ster fertile pollen...
  55. ncbi Role of intracellular reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial dysfunction in evening primrose extract-induced apoptosis in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells
    Tsutomu Arimura
    Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3 3 138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi ku, Osaka 558 8585, Japan
    Chem Biol Interact 145:337-47. 2003
    ..Evening primrose extract (EPE) is extracted from Oenothera biennis L., one species of evening primroses, which has been shown to have several pharmacological effects...
  56. ncbi Structure and evolution of linalool synthase
    L Cseke
    Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1048, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 15:1491-8. 1998
    ..The combined evolutionary mechanisms of duplication followed by divergence and/or "domain swapping" may explain the extraordinarily large diversity of proteins found in the plant terpene synthase family...
  57. ncbi Evolution of flowering strategies in Oenothera glazioviana: an integral projection model approach
    Mark Rees
    Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 269:1509-15. 2002
    ..Here, we develop parameterized integral projection models of size-related flowering for the monocarpic perennial Oenothera glazioviana and use these to predict the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) for flowering...
  58. ncbi Complete nucleotide sequence of the Oenothera elata plastid chromosome, representing plastome I of the five distinguishable euoenothera plastomes
    H Hupfer
    , , Germany
    Mol Gen Genet 263:581-5. 2000
    We describe the 159,443-bp [corrected] sequence of the plastid chromosome of Oenothera elata (evening primrose). The Oe...
  59. ncbi Enzyme-assisted acidolysis of borage (Borago officinalis L.) and evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L.) oils: incorporation of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
    S P Senanayake
    Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John s, Canada
    J Agric Food Chem 47:3105-12. 1999
    Lipase-catalyzed acidolysis of borage (Borago officinalis L.) and evening primrose (Oenothera biennisL...
  60. ncbi Complex II subunit 4 (sdh4) homologous sequences in plant mitochondrial genomes
    P Giegé
    Allgemeine Botanik, Universitat Ulm, Albert Einstein Allee, D 89069 Ulm, Germany
    Curr Genet 34:313-7. 1998
    ..This sequence is conserved in other dicot plants such as Oenothera, pea and sunflower, but is not detected in wheat mitochondrial DNA...
  61. ncbi Expression of a borage desaturase cDNA containing an N-terminal cytochrome b5 domain results in the accumulation of high levels of delta6-desaturated fatty acids in transgenic tobacco
    O Sayanova
    Institute of Arable Crops Research Long Ashton Research Station, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:4211-6. 1997
    gamma-Linolenic acid (GLA; C18:3 delta(6,9,12)) is a component of the seed oils of evening primrose (Oenothera spp.), borage (Borago officinalis L.), and some other plants...
  62. ncbi A ribosomal protein L2 gene is transcribed, spliced, and edited at one site in rice mitochondria
    N Kubo
    Department of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ibaraki, Japan
    Plant Mol Biol 31:853-62. 1996
    ..However, 60% nucleotide sequence identity is observed between the rice rpl2 intron and the Oenothera nad5 intron in a 234 nucleotide region...
  63. ncbi Proliferation of direct repeats near the Oenothera chloroplast DNA origin of replication
    B B Sears
    Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 13:850-63. 1996
    ..In the evening primrose, Oenothera, this site was found to vary greatly in size, with plastid genomes (plastomes) being readily distinguished...
  64. ncbi RNA editing is required for efficient excision of tRNA(Phe) from precursors in plant mitochondria
    A Marchfelder
    Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung, Berlin, Germany
    J Biol Chem 271:1898-903. 1996
    ..In vitro processing of edited and unedited Oenothera tRNA Phe precursor RNAs with pea mitochondrial protein extracts shows a significant effect of this RNA-editing ..
  65. ncbi Large unidentified open reading frame in plastid DNA (ORF2280) is expressed in chloroplasts
    R E Glick
    Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
    Plant Mol Biol 21:99-108. 1993
    ..When incubated with proteins from the soluble fraction of tobacco, spinach and Oenothera chloroplasts, the antiserum detects relatively labile polypeptides, which have apparent molecular weights of 170 ..
  66. ncbi Molecular characterization of one of the maize polygalacturonase gene family members which are expressed during late pollen development
    R L Allen
    Cambridge Laboratory, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
    Plant J 3:261-71. 1993
    A gene exhibiting homology to the polygalacturonases of several species, including tomato and Oenothera, has been shown by RNA dot-blot analysis and in situ hybridization experiments to be expressed post-first microspore mitosis in maize...
  67. ncbi Pollen specific cDNA clones from Zea mays
    H J Rogers
    Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham Hill, U K
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1089:411-3. 1991
    ..One of the clones shows significant homology to the tomato fruit-ripening polygalacturonase and to a pollen-specific polygalacturonase from Oenothera. The other three clones have no significant homologies to any reported sequence.
  68. ncbi Evolutionary relationships of a plant-pathogenic mycoplasmalike organism and Acholeplasma laidlawii deduced from two ribosomal protein gene sequences
    P O Lim
    Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
    J Bacteriol 174:2606-11. 1992
    ..operon was cloned and sequenced from an aster yellows-type MLO which is pathogenic for members of the genus Oenothera and from Acholeplasma laidlawii...
  69. ncbi Plastid, nuclear and reverse transcriptase sequences in the mitochondrial genome of Oenothera: is genetic information transferred between organelles via RNA?
    W Schuster
    Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Botanik der Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D 74 Tübingen, FRG
    EMBO J 6:2857-63. 1987
    ..We describe an open reading frame (ORF) with high homology to reverse transcriptase in the mitochondrial genome of Oenothera. This ORF displays all the characteristics of an active plant mitochondrial gene with a possible ribosome ..
  70. ncbi 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris', a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with aster yellows and related diseases
    I M Lee
    USDA ARS Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:1037-48. 2004
    ..Strain OAY, which is a member of subgroups 16SrI-B, rpI-B and tufI-B and is associated with evening primrose (Oenothera hookeri) virescence in Michigan, USA, was selected as the reference strain for the novel taxon 'Candidatus ..
  71. ncbi Drug-herb interactions with herbal medicines for menopause
    Alyson Huntley
    Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK
    J Br Menopause Soc 10:162-5. 2004
    ..preparations used include red clover (Trifolium pratense), dong quai (Angelica sinesis) and evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)...
  72. ncbi A review of the clinical efficacy of evening primrose
    Diane Stonemetz
    OB GYN Associates of Western New York, West Seneca, NY 14224, USA
    Holist Nurs Pract 22:171-4. 2008
    The oil obtained from the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) plant is usually taken orally in a gel cap form. This herbal supplement is most commonly used for the treatment of mastalgia and atopic dermatitis...
  73. ncbi Diurnal changes in epidermal UV transmittance of plants in naturally high UV environments
    Paul W Barnes
    Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
    Physiol Plant 133:363-72. 2008
    ..skies, T(UV), as measured with a UV-A-pulse amplitude modulation fluorometer for leaves of Verbascum thapsus and Oenothera stricta growing in native soils and Vicia faba growing in pots, was highest at predawn and sunset and lowest at ..
  74. ncbi Adaptation and impairment of DNA repair function in pollen of Betula verrucosa and seeds of Oenothera biennis from differently radionuclide-contaminated sites of Chernobyl
    I I Boubriak
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
    Ann Bot 101:267-76. 2008
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  75. ncbi Faithful transcription initiation from a mitochondrial promoter in transgenic plastids
    Alexandra Viola Bohne
    Institute of Biology Genetics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
    Nucleic Acids Res 35:7256-66. 2007
    ..The functional and evolutionary implications of these findings as well as possible applications in chloroplast genome engineering are discussed...
  76. ncbi Expression of mitochondrial tatC in Nicotiana tabacum is responsive to benzothiadiazole and salicylic acid
    Johannes A van der Merwe
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, Aucklandpark, South Africa
    J Plant Physiol 164:1231-4. 2007
    ..Hypothetical tatC proteins have also been identified in the mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana, Oenothera berteriana, Beta vulgaris, Oryza sativa and Marchantia polymorpha...
  77. ncbi Triterpenes and flavonol glucuronides from Oenothera cheiranthifolia
    Tsutomu Nakanishi
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
    Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 55:334-6. 2007
    ..A new ursane-type triterpene, named as cheiranthic acid (1), was isolated from the MeOH extract of whole plants of Oenothera cheiranthifolia (Onagraceae) along with an isomeric pair of known oleanane- and ursane-type triterpenes (..
  78. ncbi Bet hedging via seed banking in desert evening primroses (Oenothera, Onagraceae): demographic evidence from natural populations
    Margaret E K Evans
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Osborne Memorial Labs, Yale University, P O Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
    Am Nat 169:184-94. 2007
    ..whether bet hedging occurs via seed banking in natural populations of two species of desert evening primroses (Oenothera, Onagraceae), one annual and one perennial...
  79. ncbi Genotype-by-environment interactions leads to variable selection on life-history strategy in Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
    M T J Johnson
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Evol Biol 20:190-200. 2007
    ..The native monocarpic plant Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis L., Onagraceae) exhibits phenotypic variation for annual vs. biennial flowering strategies...
  80. ncbi Alternative methods of treatment used by multiple sclerosis patients in Poland
    Waldemar Fryze
    2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02 957 Warsaw, Poland
    Neurol Neurochir Pol 40:386-90. 2006
    ..It has been reported that more and more MS patients worldwide are using alternative methods (AM). The aim of the present study is to evaluate this phenomenon in the Polish MS population...
  81. ncbi Quantitative analysis of anti-inflammatory and radical scavenging triterpenoid esters in evening primrose seeds
    Janine Zaugg
    Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, CH 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    J Agric Food Chem 54:6623-8. 2006
    ..The analytes were determined without further prepurification. Seeds from defined cultures of Oenothera biennis, Oenothera lamarckiana, and Oenothera ammophila, grown under identical conditions, were analyzed...
  82. ncbi Menopause: a review of botanical dietary supplements
    Tieraona Low Dog
    Program in Integrative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Am J Med 118:98-108. 2005
    ..ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Mey), or evening primrose seed oil (Oenothera biennis L.) for improving menopausal symptoms...
  83. ncbi Editing of the grapevine mitochondrial cytochrome b mRNA and molecular modeling of the protein
    Maria A Islas-Osuna
    Dirección de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A C Apdo Postal 1735, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico
    Biochimie 88:431-5. 2006
    ..Grapevine COB is 393 amino acids long and is 98% identical to homologs in rapeseed, Arabidopsis thaliana and Oenothera sp. Twenty-one C-U editing sites were identified in the grapevine cob mRNA, resulting in 20 amino acid changes...
  84. ncbi Climate and life-history evolution in evening primroses (Oenothera, Onagraceae): a phylogenetic comparative analysis
    Margaret E K Evans
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Sciences West, Room 310, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
    Evolution 59:1914-27. 2005
    ..with respect to life history in a clade of winter-establishing evening primroses (sections Anogra and Kleinia; Oenothera; Onagraceae), which includes seven annuals, 12 perennials, and two variable taxa...
  85. ncbi Anti-tumour potential of a gallic acid-containing phenolic fraction from Oenothera biennis
    Chiara Dalla Pellegrina
    Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta di Scienze MM FF NN, Universita di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV 1, I 37134 Verona, Italia
    Cancer Lett 226:17-25. 2005
    A phenolic fraction purified form defatted seeds of Oenothera biennis promoted selective apoptosis of human and mouse bone marrow-derived cell lines following first-order kinetics through a caspase-dependent pathway...
  86. ncbi [Effective productions of plant secondary metabolites having antitumor activity by plant cell and tissue cultures]
    Shoko Taniguchi
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1 1 1 Tsushima naka, Okayama 700 8530, Japan
    Yakugaku Zasshi 125:499-507. 2005
    ..The formation of oligomeric ellagitannins in shoots of Oenothera tetraptera was correlated with the differentiation of tissues...
  87. ncbi A maize protein associated with the G-box binding complex has homology to brain regulatory proteins
    N C de Vetten
    Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
    Plant Cell 4:1295-307. 1992
    ..The deduced amino acid sequence of maize GF14 is more than 80% identical to Arabidopsis GF14 and Oenothera PHP-O, and is more than 60% identical to a class of mammalian brain proteins described as both protein kinase C ..
  88. ncbi Identification of cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) host plants in central Texas and compendium of reported hosts in the United States
    J F Esquivel
    USDA ARS, SPARC, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, 2771 F and B Rd, College Station, TX 77845, USA
    Environ Entomol 38:766-80. 2009
    ..The leading hosts for cotton fleahopper adults and nymphs were evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa T. Nuttall) and Mexican hat [Ratibida columnifera (T. Nuttall) E. Wooton and P...

Research Grants1

  1. Gestational Dietary Supplement Use on US-Mexico Border
    Bryan Bayles; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These variables will be examined in the context of a broader socio-behavioral model of CAM use. ..