Products Introduction: Ursolic Acid, a carboxylic acid present in a wide variety of plants in the form of a free acid or an aglycone of triterpene saponines. It is a pentacyclic triterpenoid compound which naturally occurs in a large number of vegetarian food, medicinal herbs and plants.
Ursolic acid is also known as Prunol, Malol, Urson, beta-Ursolic acid, NSC4060, CCRIS 7123, CHEBI: 9908, TOS-BB-0966, and 3-Beta-Hydroxy-Urs-12-En-28-Oic Acid. As medicine it is well tolerated and can be used topically and orally.
Ursolic acid treatment improves the health of skin and hair. Ursolic acid and its' derivatives form oil-resistant barriers on the skin and hair. It has been used to treat photoaged skin, because it inhibits the appearance of wrinkles and age spots by restoring the skin's collagen bundle structures and elasticity. Ursolic acid inhibits the action of elastase enzyme in the skin, thereby preventing the enzyme from attacking structural. Proteins.
Ursolic acid can also serve as a starting material for synthesis of more potent bioactive derivatives, such as anti-tumor agents[5].