Allobetulin and its derivatives: Synthesis and biological activity

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2443-2466

  Dehaen, Wim ^a   Mashentseva, Anastassiya A ^a,b   Seitembetov, Talgat S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b L N GUMILYOV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^c ASTANA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Allobetulin; Biological activity; Rearrangement; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

BETULIN; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOUSE; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TRITERPENES;

EID: 79953095834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16032443     Document Type: Article

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