"Oleanolic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pentacyclic triterpene that occurs widely in many PLANTS as the free acid or the aglycone for many SAPONINS. It is biosynthesized from lupane. It can rearrange to the isomer, ursolic acid, or be oxidized to taraxasterol and amyrin.
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D009828
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.919.530.733 D02.455.849.919.650.600
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oleanolic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Dual activities of the anti-cancer drug candidate PBI-05204 provide neuroprotection in brain slice models for neurodegenerative diseases and stroke. Sci Rep. 2016 05 12; 6:25626.
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Genomic and coexpression analyses predict multiple genes involved in triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell. 2010 Mar; 22(3):850-66.