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ReviewPlanta medica2019

Natural Product Triterpenoids and Their Semi-Synthetic Derivatives with Potential Anticancer Activity.

Yulin Ren, A Douglas Kinghorn

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Review in Planta medica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yulin RenDivision of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
A Douglas KinghornDivision of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Funding

Project 3:Isolation Chemistry of Filamentous Fungi and Biological EvaluationP01CA125066 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JIMMY ORJALA · 2007 to 2026
$27.2M
PLANT SELECTION, COLLECTION AND PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENTU19CA052956 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KINGHORN, ALAN DOUGLAS · 1995 to 2004
$4.4M
National Cancer Institute P01 CA125066National Cancer Institute U19 CA052956NCI NIH HHS P01 CA125066NCI NIH HHS U19 CA052956
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triterpenoids are distributed widely in higher plants and are of interest because of their structural diversity and broad range of bioactivities. In particular, there is a very large literature on the propensity of a variety of triterpenoids to act as potential anticancer agents. In the present review, the anticancer potential is summarized for naturally occurring triterpenoids and their semi-synthetic derivatives, including examples of lupane-, oleanane-, ursane-, and cucurbitane-type pentacyclic triterpenoids, along with dammarane-type tetracyclic triterpenes including ginsenosides and their sapogenins and dichapetalins, which have been characterized as antitumor leads from higher plants. Preliminary structure-activity relationships and reported mechanisms of the antineoplastic-related activity are included. Prior studies for triterpenoids of plant origin are supportive of additional work being conducted on the more detailed biological and mechanistic evaluation for the progression of this type of natural products as possible cancer chemotherapeutic agents.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiological ProductsHumansNeoplasmsStructure-Activity RelationshipTriterpenesAntineoplastic AgentsBiological ProductsTriterpenes

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PMID30658371
PMCPMC6639164

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