Advances in the synthesis and pharmacological activity of lupane-type triterpenoid saponins

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-544

  Gauthier, Charles ^a   Legault, Jean ^a   Piochon Gauthier, Marianne ^a   Pichette, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betulin; Betulinic acid; Chemical glycosylation; Lupeol; Triterpenoid saponins

Indexed keywords

ANEMOSIDE A3; BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; CHIISANOSIDE; FRUTICESAPONIN A; FRUTICESAPONIN B; FRUTICESAPONIN C; LUPANE TYPE SAPONIN; LUPEOL; PULSATILLOSIDE A; SAPONIN; SESSILOSIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOPANAX; ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BUPLEURUM; BUPLEURUM FRUTICESCENS; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GERMINATION; GLYCOSIDIC BOND; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IC 50; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84855868741     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-010-9176-y     Document Type: Article

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