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  • A compound in the wax from olive skin -- maslinic acid -- has been found to inhibit the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV.

    Speedlinking 7/17/07 William Harryman 2007

  • A research group of the University of Granada has found out that maslinic acid, a compound present i ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • A wide range of studies in recent years has shown that triterpenoids like maslinic acid hinder carcinogenesis by intervening in pathways such as carcinogen activation, DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, cell differentiation and the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.

    India eNews 2009

  • This study, conducted by universities of Granada and Barcelona, is the first to investigate the precise molecular mechanisms of the anti-tumoral and pro-apoptotic effects of maslinic acid against colon cancer.

    India eNews 2009

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