BETULINIC ACID: A REVIEW ON POTENT ANTI-CANCER AGENT

Authors

  • Meghraj Suryawanshi SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405, Maharashtra, India
  • H.S. Mahajan SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61280/tjpls.v5i3.21

Keywords:

Apoptosis, Betulinic acid, Anticancer activity, Mitochondria.

Abstract

Betulinic acid is the pentacyclic triterpenoid, which occurred naturally and exhibit potent anticancer activity. It gets lot of attention due to its different biological and medicinal properties. It has capability to induce apoptotic cell expiry in malignant cells by activating mitochondrial track of apoptosis. Betulinic acid target towards mitochondria hence, hold the novel position in management of public malignancies.

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Author Biographies

Meghraj Suryawanshi, SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405, Maharashtra, India

M.Pharmacy

Department of Pharmaceutics,

SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405,

Maharashtra, India

H.S. Mahajan, SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405, Maharashtra, India

Professor and HOD Department of Pharmaceutics,

SES’S R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur-425405,

Maharashtra, India

Structure of Betulinic Acid and Betulin

Published

07-08-2018

How to Cite

Suryawanshi, M., and H. Mahajan. “BETULINIC ACID: A REVIEW ON POTENT ANTI-CANCER AGENT”. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, vol. 5, no. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 01-06, doi:10.61280/tjpls.v5i3.21.
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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2018): TJPLS Journal

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