Anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive effects of triterpene cinnamates and acetates from shea fat

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 273-280

  Akihisa, Toshihiro ^a   Kojima, Nobuo ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Yasukawa, Ken ^a   Tokuda, Harukuni ^b   Masters, Eliot T ^c   Manosroi, Aranya ^d   Manosroi, Jiradej ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Chemopreventive effect; Shea fat; Triterpene ester; Vitellaria paradoxa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952600786     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.59.273     Document Type: Article

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