Maslinic acid protects against pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy in mice

• Main Authors: Yan-Ling Liu (Author), Chun-Yan Kong (Author), Peng Song (Author), Heng Zhou (Author), Xing-Sheng Zhao (Author), Qi-Zhu Tang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiac hypertrophy is characterized by myocyte hypertrophy, accumulation of cardiac collagen, and reactivation of fetal genes. Maslinic acid (MA) is a pentacyclic triterpene with abundance in olive fruit skin and possesses a number of pharmacological actions. However, its effect on pressure overloa...