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Esters of betulin and betulinic acid with amino acids have improved water solubility and are selectively cytotoxic toward cancer cells
Drag-Zalesinska, Malgorzata,Kulbacka, Julita,Saczko, Jolanta,Wysocka, Teresa,Zabel, Maciej,Surowiak, Pawel,Drag, Marcin
experimental part, p. 4814 - 4817 (2010/04/29)
Betulin and betulinic acid are naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenes showing cytotoxicity towards a number of cancer cell lines. Unfortunately they are practically insoluble in aqueous media and therefore their overall absorption index is not satisf
