摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound or the like having both cancer suppression activities of cancericidal cell activity which can provide a medicine effective for reduction and eradication of tumor and suppression of growth and carcinogenesis promotion-suppressing activity capable of providing a latent cell incapable of returning to a normal cell as carcinogenesis-suppressing means effective also for individual which already has. <P>SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a triterpene compound represented by formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a method for producing the triterpene compound comprising a step for extracting the triterpene compound represented by formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt from a plant of the family Hamamelidaceae and a cancer-suppressing agent comprising the triterpene compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |