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Triterpenes as Potentially Cytotoxic Compounds [PDF]

Molecules, 2015
Triterpenes are compounds of natural origin, which have numerously biological activities: anti-cancer properties, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. These substances can be isolated from plants, animals or fungi.
Ilona Korzonek-Szlacheta, Wojciech Król, Król Wojciech   +2 more
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Discovery and analysis of a new class of triterpenes derived from hexaprenyl pyrophosphate

Engineering Microbiology, 2022
Triterpenes are derived from squalene or oxidosqualene. However, a new class of triterpenes derived from hexaprenyl pyrophosphate has been recently discovered, formed by a new family of chimeric class I triterpene synthases. The cyclization mechanisms of
Dan Hu
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Immunomodulatory properties of triterpenes [PDF]

Phytochemistry Reviews, 2021
The immune system is one of the main defence mechanisms of the human body. Inadequacy of this system or immunodeficiency results in increased risk of infections and tumours, whereas over-activation of the immune system causes allergic or autoimmune disorders.
Gülin Renda, İçim Gökkaya, Didem Şöhretoğlu   +2 more
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Changes in Triterpenes in Alismatis rhizoma after Processing Based on Targeted Metabolomics Using UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS

Molecules, 2021
Alismatis rhizoma (AR) has been used as an herbal medicine in China for over a thousand years. Crude AR, salt-processed AR (SAR), and bran-processed AR (BAR) are recorded in the Pharmacopoeia of the People′s Republic of China. However, the differences of
Mengxiang Dai, Sen Li, Qingxin Shi, Xingliang Xiang, Yuehui Jin, Sha Wei, Lijun Zhang, Min Yang, Chengwu Song, Rongzeng Huang, Shuna Jin   +10 more
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Extraction of a Triterpene Solution and Evaluation of the Hypolipidemic Efficacy of the Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.) Sing Sclerotium

Foods, 2022
The total triterpenes in edible mushrooms have high medicinal value, and the sclerotium has various biological activities, such as the regulation of blood pressure and blood glucose. In this study, the total triterpenes of the Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.)
Chao Wang, Yuan Liu, Yuanhong Lan, Jianing Yuan   +3 more
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Research Progress on the Extraction, Purification and Biological Activity of Ttriterpenoids from the Ganoderma lucidum

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
The triterpenes are the typical bioactive components in the Ganoderma lucidum, which has high valuable application and development in the field of medicine and health food. In this paper, by consulting literature and summarizing data, the main techniques
Yao XU, Shulai XU, Zhibin LIU, Sichen ZHU   +3 more
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Effective Search of Triterpenes with Anti-HSV-1 Activity Using a Classification Model by Logistic Regression

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021
Natural products are an excellent source of skeletons for medicinal seeds. Triterpenes and saponins are representative natural products that exhibit anti-herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) activity.
Keiko Ogawa, Seikou Nakamura, Haruka Oguri, Kaori Ryu, Taichi Yoneda, Rumiko Hosoki   +5 more
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Comprehensive metabolic profiling of Alismatis Rhizoma triterpenes in rats based on characteristic ions and a triterpene database

Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2021
Alismatis Rhizoma (AR) is widely used in Chinese medicine, and its major bioactive components, triterpenes, reportedly possess various pharmacological activities. Therefore, it is very important to study the metabolism of triterpenes in vivo.
Lu Wang, Sen Li, Jiaxin Li, Zhongzhe Cheng, Yulin Feng, Hui Ouyang, Zhifeng Du, Hongliang Jiang   +7 more
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Pristimerin, a triterpene that inhibits monoacylglycerol lipase activity, prevents the development of paclitaxel-induced allodynia in mice

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Triterpenes such as euphol and pristimerin, which are plant secondary metabolites, were the first to be characterized as monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) inhibitors.
Altaf Al-Romaiyan, Willias Masocha
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Anticholinesterase and Antityrosinase Secondary Metabolites from the Fungus Xylobolus subpileatus

Molecules, 2023
Xylobolus subpileatus is a widely distributed crust fungus reported from all continents except Antarctica, although considered a rare species in several European countries. Profound mycochemical analysis of the methanol extract of X. subpileatus resulted
Kristóf Felegyi, Zsófia Garádi, Elżbieta Studzińska-Sroka, Viktor Papp, Imre Boldizsár, András Dancsó, Szabolcs Béni, Przemysław Zalewski, Attila Ványolós   +8 more
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