The pharmacological properties of the triterpenoids from birch bark
Vasilenko, I.K.; Semenchenko, V.F.; Frolova, L.M.; Konopleva, G.E.; Parfent'eva, E.P.; Skul'te, I.V.
Eksperimental'naia i Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia 56(4): 53-55
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2092 PMID: 8220020 Document Number: 419313
The birch bark was used to prepare the summary triterpenic drug betulenol and its diacetate. Rat experiments with models of abnormalities revealed their hypolipidemic, cholagogic, antilithogenic and hepatoprotective activities which were higher than those found in the respective official drugs.