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Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Sapogenins > Ursolic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Triterpenes > Sapogenins > Ursolic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Triterpenes > Pentacyclic Triterpenes > Ursolic Acid

Preferred term

Ursolic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • (3 beta)-3-Hydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic Acid
  • 3beta Ursolic Acid
  • 3beta-Ursolic Acid
  • (+)-Ursolic Acid

Scope note

  • A pentacyclic triterpene that co-occurs with its isomer OLEANOLIC ACID in several plant species, and occurs in large amounts in FRUITS (such as CRANBERRIES; PEARS; PLUMS; and OLIVES), MEDICINAL HERBS, and other plants.

History note

  • 2024 (1974)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097245

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