Physical, chemical and pharmacological characterization of a new oleogel-forming triterpene extract from the outer bark of birch (Betulae cortex)

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1389-1395

  Laszczyk, Melanie ^a   Jäger, Sebastian ^a   Simon Haarhaus, Birgit ^b   Scheffler, Armin ^a   Schempp, Christoph M ^b  

^a Carl Gustav Carus Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinic keratoses; Betula species; Betulaceae; Betulin; Betulinic acid; Oleogel; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BETULAE CORTEX EXTRACT; BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; ERYTHRODIOL; LUPEOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; STAUROSPORINE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BARK; BETULAE CORTEX; BIRCH; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRY POWDER; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BETULA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRITERPENES;

BETULA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 33846194218     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951723     Document Type: Article

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