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betulinic acid

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betulinic acid

[¦bech·ə¦lin·ik ′as·əd]
(organic chemistry)
C30H48O3 A dibasic acid, slightly soluble in water, ethyl alcohol, and acetone.
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Summary: Betulinic acid (triterpene) has shown an immense potential towards the development of anticancer, antiviral, antimalarial, antifungal, antioxidant and antiprotozoal agents.
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Caption: FIGURE 1: The representative M[S.sup.2] spectrum of (a) spinosin; (c) 6"'- feruloylspinosin; (e) jujuboside A; (g) jujuboside B; (i) camelliaside B; and (k) betulinic acid, and MRM chromatograms of (b) spinosin; (d) 6"'-feruloylspinosin; (f) jujuboside A; (h) jujuboside B; (i) camelliaside B; and (l) betulinic acid of six analytes in reference standards under experimental conditions.
Medema, "Broad in vitro efficacy of plant-derived betulinic acid against cell lines derived from the most prevalent human cancer types," Cancer Letters, vol.
Lipophilic triterpene acids, such as oleanolic acid (OA) and betulinic acid (BA), represent another group of mistletoe-derived substances with known cytotoxic effects.
Several triterpenoids, including ursolic and oleanolic acid, betulinic acid, celastrol, pristimerin, lupeol, and avicins have been reported to possess anticancer activity (Petronelli et al., 2009).
Isolation of betulinic acid and 23- dihydroxylean-12-en-28-oic acid from the leaves of Callistemon linearis.
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