Pharmacological activities of natural triterpenoids and their therapeutic implications

Abstract

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, a

Keywords

• acid induces apoptosis
• acacia-victoriae bentham
• activated receptor-gamma
• human-melanoma cells
• kappa-b activation
• anti-hiv activity
• immunodeficiency-virus type-1
• induced superoxide generation
• acute myelogenous leukemia
• nitric-oxide production