Pentacyclic triterpene distribution in various plants - rich sources for a new group of multi-potent plant extracts.
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...Thus, crystalline ursolic acid (UA) of high purity is easily obtained in 20% yield by methanol extraction of rosemary leaf; the lupane alcohol betulin accounts for up to 20% of the dry weight of the bark from many species of common birch trees; and oleanolic acid (OA) can be easily obtained in high yield from olive pulp remaining after the oil is pressed from the olive fruit, as well as from olive leaves that are usually discarded after the trees are pruned (Jäger et al., 2009)....
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...…weight of the bark from many species of common birch trees; and oleanolic acid (OA) can be easily obtained in high yield from olive pulp remaining after the oil is pressed from the olive fruit, as well as from olive leaves that are usually discarded after the trees are pruned (Jäger et al., 2009)....
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...) leaves and flowers, coffee (Coffea arabica) leaves and the wax layer of many edible fruits [8,9]....
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...Both compounds are devoid of prominent in vivo toxicity (at least in rodents) (Jäger et al., 2009; Mullauer et al., 2010)....
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...They are also important components of oriental and traditional medicine herbs widely distributed all over the world (Ovesna et al., 2004; Jäger et al., 2009)....
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...Guo, M.; Zhang, S.; Song, F.; Wang, D.; Liu, Z.; Liu, S. Studies on the non-covalent complexes between oleanolic acid and cyclodextrins using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry....
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...Liu, J. Oleanolic acid and ursolic acid: research perspectives....
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...Apples are among the fruit most consumed worldwide and anti-tumoral effects from apples are correlated with the fruit peel [6] which contains OA, UA and maslinic acid (MA) [7]....
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...He, X.; Liu, R.H. Triterpenoids isolated from apple peels have potent antiproliferative activity and may be partially responsible for apple's anticancer activity....
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...Quantification of triterpenes within plant material Apples were peeled with an apple peeler resulting in 9 – 11% apple peel as reported by He and Liu [7]....
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...The pharmacological relevance of these triterpenes has increased during the last two decades demonstrating multi-target properties such as wound healing, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, antiviral, hepatoprotective and anti-tumoral effects, combined with low toxicity [9-13]....
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