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Esculentic acid (EA), a pentacyclic triterpenoids compound extracted from the Chinese herb Phytolacca esculenta, has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, edema, hepatitis and bronchitis disease. The present study aimed to investigate the
Esculentic acid (EA), a triterpene compound extracted from the root of Phytolacca esculenta (the Chinese name Shang Lu), has been widely used to therapy a variety of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, edema, hepatitis and bronchitis. The present study was designed to investigate the
In Phytolaccaceae family, Phytolacca americana L. (American pokeweed) and P. esculenta Van Houtte (Chinese pokeweed) are the two representative species among the genus. Pokeweeds have triterpenoid saponins as toxic compounds in every part of the plant. The saponins phytolaccoside A, B, D, E, and G