Biologically active pentacyclic triterpenes and their current medicine signification
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- 31 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice in Journal of Applied Biomedicine
- Vol. 1 (1) , 7-12
- https://doi.org/10.32725/jab.2003.002
Abstract
Pentacyclic triterpenes are produced by arrangement of squalene epoxide. These compounds are extremely common and are found in most plants. There are at least 4000 known triterpenes. Many triterpenes occur freely but others occur as glycosides...Keywords
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