A Preliminary Pharmacokinetic Study of Betulin, the Main Pentacyclic Triterpene from Extract of Outer Bark of Birch (Betulae alba cortex).docVIP

Molecules 2008, 13, 3224-3235; DOI: 10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article A Preliminary Pharmacokinetic Study of Betulin, the Main Pentacyclic Triterpene from Extract of Outer Bark of Birch (Betulae alba cortex) Sebastian J?ger 1,*, Melanie N. Laszczyk 1,2 and Armin Scheffler 1 1 Carl Gustav Carus-Institut, Am Eichhof 30, D-75223 Niefern-?schlbronn, Germany; E-mail: info@carus-institut.de (A. S.) 2 Betulin-Institut, Blumenstrasse 24, D-64297 Darmstadt, Germany; E-mail: m.laszczyk@betulin- institut.de (M-N. L.) * Author to whom corres