Sesquiterpenes

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Fifteen-carbon compounds formed from three isoprenoid units with general formula C15H24.

Descriptor ID	D012717
MeSH Number(s)	D02.455.849.765
Concept/Terms	Sesquiterpenes Sesquiterpenes

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Terpenes [D02.455.849]
Sesquiterpenes [D02.455.849.765]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	2	2
2008	0	2	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	4	1	5
2011	2	0	2
2012	3	1	4
2013	4	0	4
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Belgodere JA, Elliott JR, Benz MC, Kpeli GW, Elliott S, Ponder IJ, Sanga Pema GER, Ma P, Dietrich SR, Cheng T, Nguyen K, Tilghman SL, Zou B, Anbalagan M, Rowan BG, Newman RH, Mondrinos M, Sridhar J, Wiese TE, Ali S, Hoang VT, Collins-Burow BM, Martin EC, Abbas HK, Bou? SM, Burow ME. Modulation of Estrogen Receptor Activity by the Phytoalexin Tuberosin Produced from Elicited Kudzu (Pueraria lobata). J Nat Prod. 2025 Jul 25; 88(7):1568-1580.

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Belgodere JA, Benz MC, Kpeli GW, Elliott JR, Elliott S, North JD, Ponder IJ, Ma P, Dietrich SR, Cheng T, Nguyen K, Tilghman SL, McLachlan JA, Zou B, Anbalagan M, Rowan B, Mondrinos M, Wiese TE, Hoang VT, Collins-Burow BM, Martin EC, Burow ME, Bou? SM. Context-Dependent Estrogenic Actions of (+)-Pisatin Produced in Elicited Green or Snow Pea (Pisum sativum). J Agric Food Chem. 2024 Dec 25; 72(51):28255-28269.

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Neupane RP, Parrish SM, Neupane JB, Yoshida WY, Yip MLR, Turkson J, Harper MK, Head JD, Williams PG. Cytotoxic Sesquiterpenoid Quinones and Quinols, and an 11-Membered Heterocycle, Kauamide, from the Hawaiian Marine Sponge Dactylospongia elegans. Mar Drugs. 2019 Jul 19; 17(7).

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Hilliard TS, Miklossy G, Chock C, Yue P, Williams P, Turkson J. 15a-methoxypuupehenol Induces Antitumor Effects In Vitro and In Vivo against Human Glioblastoma and Breast Cancer Models. Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 04; 16(4):601-613.

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Li CS, Ding Y, Yang BJ, Hoffman N, Yin HQ, Mahmud T, Turkson J, Cao S. Eremophilane sesquiterpenes from Hawaiian endophytic fungus Chaetoconis sp. FT087. Phytochemistry. 2016 Jun; 126:41-6.

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Alarcon VB, Marikawa Y. Statins inhibit blastocyst formation by preventing geranylgeranylation. Mol Hum Reprod. 2016 05; 22(5):350-63.

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Torres-Hern?ndez BA, Del Valle-Mojica LM, Ort?z JG. Valerenic acid and Valeriana officinalis extracts delay onset of Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-Induced seizures in adult Danio rerio (Zebrafish). BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Jul 14; 15:228.

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Wu C, Jia Y, Lee JH, Jun HJ, Lee HS, Hwang KY, Lee SJ. trans-Caryophyllene is a natural agonistic ligand for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-a. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Jul 15; 24(14):3168-74.

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Youn UJ, Miklossy G, Chai X, Wongwiwatthananukit S, Toyama O, Songsak T, Turkson J, Chang LC. Bioactive sesquiterpene lactones and other compounds isolated from Vernonia cinerea. Fitoterapia. 2014 Mar; 93:194-200.

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Tilghman SL, Rhodes LV, Bratton MR, Carriere P, Preyan LC, Boue SM, Vasaitis TS, McLachlan JA, Burow ME. Phytoalexins, miRNAs and breast cancer: a review of phytochemical-mediated miRNA regulation in breast cancer. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Feb; 24(1 Suppl):36-46.

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