Beneficial health effects of lupeol triterpene: A review of preclinical studies

Life Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Siddique, Hifzur Rahman ^a   Saleem, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Diseases; Lupeol; Pharmacological; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); HYDRALAZINE; LJP 1207; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PADGEM PROTEIN; SEMICARBAZIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; LUPEOL; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952685411     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.11.020     Document Type: Review

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