Background: Worldwide, Type 2 diabetes has become a growing health problem. While
many research articles in the field of ethnopharmacology have focused on the antidiabetic …

The Celastraceae family comprises about 96 genera and more than 1.350 species,
occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The species of this family …

Covering 2014. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2017, 34, 90–122 This review covers the
isolation and structure determination of triterpenoids reported during 2014 including …

Triterpenoids are widely distributed in both edible plants and ethnomedicinal plants; they
can also be found in any animals and marine organisms. These compounds are structurally …

This review is dedicated to the family of naturally occurring A-seco-triterpenoids as of
pharmacologically active compounds becoming the subject of much research attention …

Seco-tetracyclic and seco-pentacyclic triterpenoids are a special class of triterpenoids with
ring/rings cleaved on the original skeleton structures. A class of important triterpene …

Despite Aloe's traditional use, Aloe juvenna Brandham & S. Carter is poorly characterized.
Other Aloes are known for their antidiabetic activity. This study describes the antidiabetic …

The phytochemical investigation of Salacia impressifolia (Miers) AC Smith led to the
isolations of 15 compounds, including triterpene quinonemethides, which are employed as …

Many animals release volatile or semi-volatile terpenes as semiochemicals in intra-and inter-
specific interactions. Terpenes are important constituents of pheromones and serve as …

Chemical manipulation studies were conducted on betulinic acid (1), twenty-one new
rationally designed analogues of 1 with modifications at C-28 were synthesized for their …