[The effect of triterpene glycoside complexes from holothurians on liver repair]

Izv Akad Nauk SSSR Biol. 1991 Mar-Apr:(2):306-10.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Immunomodulatory doses of cucumarioside, a complex of triterpene glycosides from holothurians, cause a delay of mitosis in lever cells and compensatory increase in mitotic activity. Triterpene glycosides can be considered as compounds that can regulate proliferative processes.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Glycosides / pharmacology*
  • Hepatectomy
  • Liver Regeneration / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Sea Cucumbers*
  • Time Factors
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Triterpenes
  • cucumarioside