Maslinic acid(4373-41-5)

Pharmacological action Hawthorn acid is a pentacyclic triterpene acid, which exists in a variety of natural plants, especially olive, and has high safety for human body. In recent years, hawthorn acid has been found to have a variety of biological activities, such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti AIDS, antibacterial, anti diabetes and so on. Scientists from the University of Chemicalbook in Granada, Spain found that hawthorn acid can inhibit serine protease, and AIDS virus uses this enzyme to release itself from infected cells to the outside and spread to the whole body of the virus infected person. Hawthorn acid has anti-tumor and anti AIDS virus effects, which can reduce the probability of AIDS virus spreading in the body by 80%.