Triterpenes, a diverse family of plant-derived molecules, are increasingly recognized for their potential in medicine, food, and sustainable industry. These compounds display a remarkable range of ...

A remarkable discovery and collaborative effort have revealed a new type of triterpenes, a group of organic compounds which are an important source of many medicines. Until now, all triterpenes were ...

Triterpenes are multiringed natural products useful as drugs, agrochemicals, and even cosmetics. Researchers report that a single amino acid mutation in the enzymes that synthesize these compounds can ...

IN the early literature dealing with the isolation and characterization of triterpene alcohols it is not uncommon to encounter the use of different names for the description of a single substance, and ...