Pentacyclic triterpenes as promising agents in cancer
By: editor, Jorge A.R. Salvador.
Contributors: Salvador, Jorge A.R.
Publisher: Nova Science; Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781608769735
Subjects: Terpenes -- Therapeutic use; Antineoplastic agents; Neoplasms -- drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents; Pentacyclic Triterpenes -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pentacyclic triterpenes / James R. Hanson; title: Enzymatic synthesis of cyclic triterpenes / Tetsuo Kushiro and Ikuro Abe; title: Cytotoxic action of natural pentacyclic triterpenes on cancer cells : lupane-type compounds / Kulpreet Bhui, Amit Kumar Srivastava, and Yogeshwer Shukla; title: Oleanane-, Ursane-, Lupane-, and Taraxasterane-type pentacyclic triterpenes isolated from the medicinal plants Nerium oleander, Ixeris chinensis, Sonchus oleraceus, and Phytolacca americana. Cytotoxicity studies on human cancer cell lines, and MDR cancer reversal, and anti-inflammatory activities / Liming Bai ... [et al.]; title: Cancer chemo-preventive agents : natural pentacyclic triterpenoids / Ken Yasukawa; title: Semisynthetic lupane triterpenes with cytotoxic activity / Jan Sarek .. [et al.]; title: Semisynthetic pentacyclic triterpenoids in the cancer setting : oleanolic acid and its derivatives / Jorge A.R. Salvador, Ana S.M. Leal, Rita C. Santos; title: Semisynthetic pentacyclic triterpenoids in the cancer setting : ursolic acid and its derivatives / Jorge A.R. Salvador and Vânia M. Moreira; title: Highlights of pentacyclic triterpenes in the cancer setting / Stephen Safe ... [et al.].