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ReviewCancers2025

Chemopreventive and Anticancer Activity of Selected Triterpenoids in Melanoma.

Natalia Dycha, Magdalena Michalak-Tomczyk, Jacek Jachuła, Estera Okoń, Agata Jarząb, Joanna Tokarczyk, Wojciech Koch, Katarzyna Gaweł-Bęben, Wirginia Kukula-Koch, Anna Wawruszak

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Saponins fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Natalia DychaDepartment of Pharmacognosy with Medical Plants Garden, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Magdalena Michalak-TomczykDepartment of Physiology and Toxicology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 1I Konstantynów Str., 20-708 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2244-4118
Jacek JachułaDepartment of Botany, Mycology and Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka Str., 20-033 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8949-776X
Estera OkońDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3810-8247
Agata JarząbDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Joanna TokarczykDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Medical University of Lublin, 4a Chodźki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-3330-1224
Wojciech KochDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Medical University of Lublin, 4a Chodźki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8749-9657
Katarzyna Gaweł-BębenDepartment of Cosmetology, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, 2 Sucharskiego, 35-225 Rzeszów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5773-1849
Wirginia Kukula-KochDepartment of Pharmacognosy with Medical Plants Garden, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7076-600X
Anna WawruszakDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2388-4577

Funding

European Commission MSCA Staff Exchange project GreenCosmIn "Green chemistry and bio-technology approaches for the development of nature-based cosmetics" No. 101131346, HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, characterized by high metastatic potential and resistance to conventional therapies. Natural compounds, particularly terpenoids, have gained attention for their chemopreventive potential and anticancer properties. These plant-derived compounds exhibit diverse biological activities, e.g., cell viability and proliferation inhibition, apoptosis induction, cell cycle regulation, and immune system modulation. The review evaluates the current state of the art on the chemopreventive and anticancer activity of lupane- (betulinic acid), oleanane- (oleanolic acid, β-amyrin, escin, hederagenin, glycyrrhetinic acid), and ursane-type (ursolic acid, asiatic acid, madecassic acid, α-amyrin) triterpenoids in melanoma, highlighting their mechanisms of action, therapeutic potential, and challenges in clinical application.

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asiatic acidbetulinic acidcancerglycyrrhetinic acidmadecassic acidmelanomaoleanolic acidterpenoidstriterpenoidsursolic acid

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PMID40427124
PMCPMC12109728

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