"Glycyrrhetinic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An oleanolic acid from GLYCYRRHIZA that has some antiallergic, antibacterial, and antiviral properties. It is used topically for allergic or infectious skin inflammation and orally for its aldosterone effects in electrolyte regulation.
| Descriptor ID |
D006034
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.919.530.444
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| Concept/Terms |
Glycyrrhetinic Acid- Glycyrrhetinic Acid
- Acid, Glycyrrhetinic
- Glycyram
- Glycyrrhetic Acid
- Acid, Glycyrrhetic
- Glyciram
- Jintan
- Rhetinic Acid
- Acid, Rhetinic
- Uralenic Acid
- Acid, Uralenic
- Enoxolone
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18a-glycyrrhetinic acid targets prostate cancer cells by down-regulating inflammation-related genes. Int J Oncol. 2011 Sep; 39(3):635-40.