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lupeol
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Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Definition
: Five-ring derivatives of dammarane having a chair-chair-chair-boat configuration. They include the lupanes, oleananes, amyrins, GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID, and soyasaponins.
Other names
Triterpenes, Pentacyclic
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lupeol [ lup-20(29)-en-3-ol,lup-20(29)-en-3beta-ol,lup-20(29)-ene-3alpha-ol,lupeol, (3alpha)-isomer,lupeol, (3beta,18beta,19beta)-isomer ]
RN given refers to (3beta)-isomer; structure
545-47-1
*Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Pharma Action
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
J Pharm Sci 64(1):104;1975; J Pharm Sci 64(1):152;1975; J Pharm Sci 65(2):284;1976