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Fighting cancer with ursolic acid

Fighting cancer with ursolic acid

Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds

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May 06, 2022
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“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” 

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Ursolic acid (UA), an ursane-type pentacyclic triterpenic acid, can be found in the berries and leaves of several natural medicinal plants, including 

  • Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. (cranberry), 

  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng (bearberry

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