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

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Oleanolic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Oleanol

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under SAPOGENINS 1979-90; was see under TRITERPENES 1975-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009828

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