Chemicals and Drugs

Pentacyclic Triterpenes

Five-ring derivatives of dammarane having a chair-chair-chair-boat configuration. They include the lupanes, oleananes, amyrins, GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID, and soyasaponins.

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Abstract

Five-ring derivatives of dammarane having a chair-chair-chair-boat configuration. They include the lupanes, oleananes, amyrins, GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID, and soyasaponins.

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13 entry terms
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenoids
  • Triterpenes, Pentacyclic
  • Adianane Derivatives
  • Adiananes
  • Baccharane Triterpenes
  • Fernane Derivatives
  • Fernanes
  • Gammacerane Derivatives
  • Gammaceranes
  • Hopane Derivatives
  • Hopanes
  • Hopenoid Derivatives
  • Triterpenes, Baccharane

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24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Triterpenes (1974-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pentacyclic Triterpenes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053978. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053978
  2. Pentacyclic Triterpenes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76506187