Human Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol acyltransferase (hACAT)-inhibiting triterpenes from Lythrum salicaria L

Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 628-632

  Kim, Geum Soog ^a   Lee, Seung Eun ^a   Jeong, Tae Sook ^b   Park, Chun Geun ^a   Sung, Jung Sook ^c   Kim, Jung Bong ^c   Hong, Yoon Pyo ^a   Kim, Young Chul ^a   Song, Kyung Sik ^d  

^a Rural Development Administration   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Betulinic acid; Betulinic acid methyl ester; Lythrum salicaria; Purple loosestrife

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355172393     PISSN: 17382203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3839/jksabc.2011.095     Document Type: Article

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