Bioactive triterpenic acids: From agroforestry biomass residues to promising therapeutic tools

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 382-399

  Domingues, Rui M A ^a   Guerra, Angela R ^b   Duarte, M ^b   Freire, Carmen S R ^a   Neto, Carlos P ^a   Silva, Carlos M S ^a   Silvestre, Arnando J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antitumoral activity; Betulinic acid; Biological activity; Birch bark; Eucalyptus; Oleanolic acid; Olive; Triterpenic acids; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL DEATH;

AGROFORESTRY; ANTI-TUMORAL ACTIVITY; BETULINIC ACID; BIOMASS RESIDUE; BIRCH BARK; EUCALYPTI; OLEANOLIC ACIDS; OLIVE; TRITERPENIC ACIDS; URSOLIC ACID;

BIOACTIVITY;

EID: 84902483676     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: 18756298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570193X113106660001     Document Type: Article

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