Description
OleanolicacidisatriterpenoidoriginallyfoundinVignaangularisandTrigonellafoenum-graecum.Oleanolicacidexhibitsanticancer,anti-inflammatory,anti-allergic,anti-resorptive,andanti-osteoporoticactivities.Inhypertrophicscarfibroblasts,oleanolicacidinducesmitochondria-dependentapoptosisthroughtheactivationofp38MAPKandJNKandincreasesincaspaseexpression.Inmelanomacells,oleanolicaciddecreasescellviABIlitybyinducingcaspase3-mediatedapoptosisandinhibitingactivityofEGFR.Additionally,inanimalmodels,thiscompoundinhibitseosinophilinfiltration,airwayinflammation,andproductionofIL-5,IL-13,IL-17,andIgE;thisisthroughtobemediatedbyupregulationofFoxp3anddownregulationofGATA-3andRORγt.Inbonemarrowmacrophages,oleanolicacidinhibitsRANKL-inducedosteoclastdifferentiationandmatureosteoclastdifferentiation;italsoinhibitsLPS-inducedboneerosioninanimalmodels.