With the increasing demand for high quality food products, there is a growing interest in
functional foods and nutritional supplements, and edible flowers are widely consumed due …

Ursolic acid, a naturally occurring 6-6-6-6-6 monohydroxytriterpenic acid, is extractable from
the leaves of Plumeria rubra. In continuation of our ongoing efforts on the studies of the self …

Low-molecular-weight supramolecular hydrogels (LMWSHs) are widely used in biomedical
area and soft materials with desirable stimuli-responsiveness and self-healing abilities …

Abstract The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families has listed a global list of 28 species
for Vallaris under the family Apocynaceae of which only Vallaris glabra, Vallaris solanacea …

Plumeria rubra is an ornamental tree of Apocynaceae family. Plumeria rubra is a flowering
plant. Flowers are very fragrant, generally red pink or purple center rich with yellow …

Antitumor activity of triterpenoid and its derivatives has attracted great attention recently. Our
previous efforts led to the discovery of a series of NO‐donor betulin derivatives with potent …

Three known triterpenoids, namely ursolic acid (1), and the 27-E-and 27-Zp-coumaric esters
of ursolic acid (compounds 2, 3), were isolated together with a new triterpene 2, 3-seco …

Background: Our earlier study on the antiproliferative (APF) activity of leaf extracts of ten
Apocynaceae species showed that leaves of Vallaris glabra possessed strong and broad …

Introduction: Plumeria rubra f. rubra commonly known as Lal Gulachin has wide horizon of
medicinal possessions. Plant is found in India and in its tropical regions. Though the plant …

Background: Maslinic acid is a triterpene, previously described as one of the active
components that may be present in Plumeria rubra (P. rubra) flowers, fruits and leaves. In …