Oleanolic Acid

"Oleanolic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A pentacyclic triterpene that occurs widely in many PLANTS as the free acid or the aglycone for many SAPONINS. It is biosynthesized from lupane. It can rearrange to the isomer, ursolic acid, or be oxidized to taraxasterol and amyrin.

Descriptor ID	D009828
MeSH Number(s)	D02.455.849.919.530.733 D02.455.849.919.650.600
Concept/Terms	Oleanolic Acid Oleanolic Acid Oleanol Oleanane Triterpenes Oleanane Triterpenes Triterpenes, Oleanane Hederins Hederins

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Terpenes [D02.455.849]
Triterpenes [D02.455.849.919]
Pentacyclic Triterpenes [D02.455.849.919.530]
Oleanolic Acid [D02.455.849.919.530.733]
Sapogenins [D02.455.849.919.650]
Oleanolic Acid [D02.455.849.919.650.600]

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