Terpene Esters from Natural Products: Synthesis and Evaluation of Cytotoxic Activity

ABSTRACT Natural steroids and triterpenes such as b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, lupeol, ursolic and betulinic acids were transformed into its hexanoic and oleic esters, to evaluate the influence of chemical modification towards the cytotoxic activities against tumor cells. The derivatives were evaluat...

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Main Authors: MAURICIO M. VICTOR, JORGE M. DAVID, MARIA C.K. SAKUKUMA, LETÍCIA V. COSTA-LOTUFO, ANDREA F. MOURA, ANA J. ARAÚJO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2017-08-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017005019110&lng=en&tlng=en