Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease, which is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder. Oldenlandia diffusa (OD) has been used as a traditional oriental medicine for inflammation. However, the regulatory effect and molecular mechanism of OD in intestinal inflammation are not yet
Ursolic acid (UA), a triterpenoid compound isolated previously from Oldenlandia diffusa, which is a Traditional Chinese Medicine used to treat cancer, was found to inhibit the proliferation of doxorubicin-resistant human hepatoma cell line (R-HepG2) through apoptosis as shown by externalization of
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