Issue 3, 2006
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Natural Product Reports

Pharmacological activities of natural triterpenoids and their therapeutic implications†

Petr Dzubak,a   Marian Hajduch,a   David Vydra,a   Alica Hustova,a   Miroslav Kvasnica,b   David Biedermann,b   Lenka Markova,b   Milan Urbanc  and  Jan Sarek*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University and Faculty Hospital in Olomouc, Puskinova 6, Olomouc, Czech Republic
E-mail: hajduchm@atlas.cz
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Tel: +4205 8585 4421

b Department of Organic and Nuclear Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague 2, Czech republic
E-mail: jan.sarek@gmail.com
Fax: +4202 2195 1332
Tel: +4202 2195 1332

c Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo namesti. 2, Prague 6, Czech Republic
E-mail: milan.urban@uochb.cas.cz

Abstract

Covering: 1990–2005. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2005, 22, 487

This article reviews the pharmacological activity of naturally occurring triterpenoids excluding the degraded triterpenoids and cucurbitacins which have been reviewed recently. The therapeutic activities discussed include anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiulcerogenic, antimicrobial and antiviral activity. 227 references are cited.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B515312N
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
01 Mar 2006
First published
03 May 2006

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2006,23, 394-411

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Pharmacological activities of natural triterpenoids and their therapeutic implications

P. Dzubak, M. Hajduch, D. Vydra, A. Hustova, M. Kvasnica, D. Biedermann, L. Markova, M. Urban and J. Sarek, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2006, 23, 394 DOI: 10.1039/B515312N

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