Pharmacological Properties, Molecular Mechanisms, and Pharmaceutical Development of Asiatic Acid: A Pentacyclic Triterpenoid of Therapeutic Promise

Pharmacological Properties, Molecular Mechanisms, and Pharmaceutical Development of Asiatic Acid: A Pentacyclic Triterpenoid of Therapeutic Promise

Asiatic acid (AA) is a naturally occurring aglycone of ursane type pentacyclic triterpenoids. It is abundantly present in many edible and medicinal plants including Centella asiatica that is a reputed herb in many traditional medicine formulations for wound healing and neuropsychiatric diseases. AA...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Fizur Nagoor Meeran, Sameer N. Goyal, Kapil Suchal, Charu Sharma, Chandragouda R. Patil, Shreesh K. Ojha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
asiatic acid
pharmacological properties
phytochemicals
triterpenoids
small molecule
C. asiatica
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.00892/full

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