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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1568-0266
ISSN (Online): 1873-4294

Terpenoids: Sources, Structure Elucidation and Therapeutic Potential in Inflammation

Author(s): B. de las Heras, B. Rodriguez, L. Bosca and A. M. Villar

Volume 3, Issue 2, 2003

Page: [171 - 185] Pages: 15

DOI: 10.2174/1568026033392462

Price: $65

Abstract

Natural products research has lately undergone exponential growth owing to advances in isolation techniques and in synthetic methods design, as well as for the identification of a wide range of biological properties exhibited by these compounds. In the present review, general remarks on the chemical features, biosynthetic pathways, isolation and structure elucidation of terpenoids are briefly discussed. In addition to this, recent work done on anti-inflammatory terpenoids (diterpenoids, triterpenoids and sesquiterpene lactones) with special emphasis on the last new molecular targets evaluated is presented.

Keywords: Terpenoids, biosynthetic pathways, sesquiterpene


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