Back to Search
Start Over
Triterpenes as Potentially Cytotoxic Compounds
- Source :
- Molecules, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1610-1625 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2015.
-
Abstract
- Triterpenes are compounds of natural origin, which have numerously biological activities: anti-cancer properties, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. These substances can be isolated from plants, animals or fungi. Nowadays, when neoplasms are main cause of death, triterpenes can become an alternative method for treating cancer because of their cytotoxic properties and chemopreventive activities.
- Subjects :
- triterpenes
cytotoxicity
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14203049
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Molecules
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.86b90d7d2a34f6c9c4e0af4d5468c77
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules20011610