Structure-activity relationships of oleanane- and ursane-type triterpenoids

Botanical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-368

  Sun, Hua ^a,b,c   Fang, Wei Shuo ^a,c   Wang, Wen Zhao ^a,c   Hu, Chun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antidiabets; Antimicrobial; Antitumor; Antiviral; Gastroprotective; Hepatoprotective; Oleanane; Structure activity relationship; Ursane

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751524122     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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