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Lupeol

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Other Names : Fagarsterol, Fagarasterol; Farganasterol (3β,13ξ)-Lup-20(29)-en-3-ol; Clerodol; Monogynol B; Fagarasterol; Farganasterol<br>is a triterpene (phytosterol) ==Special Precautions of Flavonoids==ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF LUPEOL==Benefits and uses of Flavonoids are==* anti-inflammatory : Lupeol has been the subject of many investigations and clinical trials during the last 15 years in order to verify its claimed beneficial properties, among which we have to highlight its immense anti-inflammatory properties [17], a process known to be directly linked to many types of cancer and a precursor of some tumors.   LUPEOL AND PROSTATE CANCER* Prostate Cancer : Lupeol has also shown to be able to decrease serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and inhibit the tumorigenicity of prostate cancer (CaP) cells in vivo [18,19].
==Food Sources==
also known as and found in *vegetables as : **green pepper, **white cabbage, **pepper, **cucumber, **tomatoes, **red grapes, **mangoes (Mangifera indica), **grapes, **olives, **figs, **three leaved caper (Crataeva nurvala) and **strawberries.*Plants :In plants Lupeol can be found in **American ginseng, **Shea butter plant, **Tamarindus indica, **Allanblackia monticola, **Himatanthus sucuuba, **Celastrus paniculatus, **Zanthoxylum riedelianum, **Leptadenia hastata, **Crataeva nurvala, **Bombax ceiba, **Sebastiania adenophora, **Acacia visco, **Abronia villosa, dandelion **Dandelion coffee.
== References ==
* ''Lupeol, A Novel Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer Dietary Triterpene Mohammad Saleem* Mohammad Saleem, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; * Correspondence : Mohammad Saleem, Bhat , PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health 1300 University Avenue MSC-B25, Lab # 4385 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, 53719, USA''
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