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Ursolic Acid

  • Plant preparation
  • Varies by country
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Ursolic Acid does in the body

RNAWiki has not recorded what this substance changes in the body.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · P3M2575F3F · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as non-nutrient/non-botanical, under the name Ursolic Acid.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 2413 · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C30H48O3, weighing 456.7.

    PubChem record · 64945 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No plain explanation of what this changes is stored.

No recorded use is stored in reader language.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 26 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 11 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
CholesterolNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved2 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Blood sugarNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Cholesterol
triglycerides; high density lipoprotein cholesterol
Blood sugar
fasting glucose

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Only a number moved
2 registered test measure.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
Who was studied is listed further down the page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Reduction in prostate volume

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02702947
How many people
160
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change in handgrip strength from baseline

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07562698
How many people
105
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Measured performance
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

quadriceps muscle function

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02401113
How many people
54
Study design
Phase 2/Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
What a body can do day to day
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change from baseline in the relative abundance of Lactobacillus crispatus in the vaginal microbiota

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07715058
How many people
30
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change in gastric mucosal inflammation score by histopathology

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07175272
How many people
27
Study design
Phase 2/Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Total Insulin Sensitivity

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02337933
How many people
24
Study design
Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.8 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in C. elegans (roundworm), Mouse, Rat. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • waist circumference
  • fasting glucose
  • triglycerides
  • high density lipoprotein cholesterol
  • systolic blood pressure
  • diastolic blood pressure
  • peak serum concentration
  • time to reach peak serum concentration

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (3)
  • incidence of treatment emergent adverse events
  • number frequency duration and relation of toxicity events
  • half life

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

No description of who was studied is recorded.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Varies by country

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No form or route is recorded.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing is recorded about product quality.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearNothing found in the sources checked

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

The exact form studied is not recorded.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

Watching one thing carefully can tell you whether it moved. It cannot tell you what moved it.

This is sold without a prescription, so a person can sensibly watch one thing and see whether it moves.

  1. Pick one goal. One goal only. Two at once cannot be told apart afterwards.

  2. Pick one thing to watch. Registered studies measured things like: waist circumference; fasting glucose; triglycerides.

  3. Measure before you start. Take the same measurement several times first. One reading is not a starting point.

  4. Know the swing. Write down how much it moves on its own across a normal week.

  5. Change one thing. Change nothing else at the same time, including training and sleep.

  6. Give it the study length. No finished study window is recorded, so no length is suggested here.

  7. Track whether you took it. Missed days are the most common reason a home test shows nothing.

  8. Read the trend. Look at the line across weeks. A single reading tells you almost nothing.

What not to measure

  • Anything that swings more day to day than the change you are looking for.
  • A wearable estimate of sleep stages, which is an estimate and not a measurement.
  • Weight on one morning, which mostly records water.
  • A feeling you did not write down before starting.

When to stop

  • Stop if something new and unpleasant starts, and ask a pharmacist or doctor.
  • Stop if you cannot keep everything else steady, because the result will not mean anything.
  • Stop at the end of the window you set, and read the trend then.

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki does not work out an amount for anyone.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
P3M2575F3F
CAS registry number
77-52-1
PubChem compound
64945
ChEBI
9908
RxNorm concept
1370661
EMA substance identifier
100000090272
European Chemicals Agency number
201-034-0
DrugBank
DB15588

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Not passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries no source: the record holds neither an explanation nor a recorded use.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

7 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How this medicine reached us — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (11)

What did Ursolic Acid's largest trial (24 people) and its longest (2.2 years) measure?


24 people in Ursolic Acid's largest registered study, 2.2 years in its longest registered window, measuring Peak serum concentration. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

2 early phase1, 2 phase2, 1 phase1; NCT04403568; 2023-12; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2025, NCT05776862.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Ursolic Acid was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

Show the evidence
  • early phase1
    2
  • phase2
    2
  • phase1
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT05776862
    2025-01-29

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From C. elegans to human: where has Ursolic Acid shown lifespan?


C. elegans: lifespan, mouse: lifespan, rat: mechanism-only and human: biomarker (5): the rungs where Ursolic Acid has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Peak serum concentration — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans lifespanDrosophila Mouse lifespanRat mechanism-onlyDog Non-human primate Human biomarker
Show the evidence
  • C. elegans
    lifespan
  • mouse
    lifespan
  • rat
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT04403568
    biomarker; Peak serum concentration; 5

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

The NIA ITP gave Ursolic Acid at 2000 ppm from 10 months — did both sexes live longer?


2000 ppm, from 10 months: the NIA Interventions Testing Program workbook rows for Ursolic Acid. jax-mpd-itp · ITP_C2013_Lifespan.xlsx · 2026-09-04

316 mice; cohorts C2013; cohort rows are the workbook's own printed values; no median, percent change or survival statistic is derived from the per-animal data

Show the evidence
  • ITP cohort C2013
    ursolic acid; 2000; 10.0 months; f, m; ITP_C2013_Lifespan.xlsx

recorded 2026-09-04 · last checked 2026-09-04

2 of Ursolic Acid's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?


accrual/recruitment (1) and other (1): Ursolic Acid's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Lack of feasibility"; 2 of 5 registered studies

Show the evidence

Trial

  • NCT03216876
    withdrawn; "Lack of feasibility"
  • NCT04403568
    withdrawn; "No subjects were enrolled in this study, the PI will seek funding and revise the protocol for resubmisson at a later date"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Mouse studies of Ursolic Acid used 2000 ppm — over how long?


Mouse studies of Ursolic Acid used "2000 ppm". jax-mpd-itp · 2026-09-04

Show the evidence
  • mouse ursolic acid C2013
    2000 ppm

recorded 2026-09-04 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Ursolic Acid's effect on waist circumference?


Waist circumference: measured in Ursolic Acid's trials.

Interpretation waist circumference is the recorded endpoint.

Show the evidence

biomarkers

  • waist circumference; 2026-09-01
  • fasting glucose; 2026-09-01
  • triglycerides; 2026-09-01
  • high density lipoprotein cholesterol; 2026-09-01
  • systolic blood pressure; 2026-09-01
  • diastolic blood pressure; 2026-09-01
5 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    incidence of treatment emergent adverse events; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    number frequency duration and relation of toxicity events; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    peak serum concentration; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to reach peak serum concentration; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    half life; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    5
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT03216876; PHASE1; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose and half life did Ursolic Acid's trials measure?


diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose and half life lead 11 outcome terms across Ursolic Acid's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation high density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, incidence of treatment emergent adverse events, number frequency duration and relation of toxicity events and peak serum concentration follow.

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  • waist circumference
    1
  • fasting glucose
    1
  • triglycerides
    1
  • high density lipoprotein cholesterol
    1
  • systolic blood pressure
    1
  • diastolic blood pressure
    1
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  • incidence of treatment emergent adverse events
    1
  • number frequency duration and relation of toxicity events
    1
  • peak serum concentration
    1
  • time to reach peak serum concentration
    1
  • half life
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which one trial of Ursolic Acid posted no result?


Posted no result
1 of 1 completed trials
Registrations
NCT04421716
Completion dates
oldest 2021-04-16
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  • Trial NCT04421716
    2021-04-16

At the median, Ursolic Acid's trials enrolled 10 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
10
Largest enrolment
24
Registered trials counted
5

Was Ursolic Acid studied with exercise?


exercise is named in Ursolic Acid's label sentences: "A total number of56 21-month-old male Wistar rats with HFD/STZ-induced T2D were randomized into seven groups (n = eight animals per group): (1) sedentary old nondiabetic (Control [C]); (2) sedentary HFD/STZ-induced T2D (Diabetic [D]); (3) sedentary HFD/STZ-induced T2D plus UA (Diabetic + Ursolic…" openfda-label+europepmc · 2022-10-17

1 recorded statement; exercise

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  • exercise
    A total number of56 21-month-old male Wistar rats with HFD/STZ-induced T2D were randomized into seven groups (n = eight animals per group): (1) sedentary old nondiabetic (Control [C]); (2) sedentary HFD/STZ-induced T2D (Diabetic [D]); (3) sedentary HFD/STZ-induced T2D plus UA (Diabetic + Ursolic Acid [DU]); (4) endurance-trained HFD/STZ-induced T2D (Diabetic + Endurance Training [DE]); (5)…

recorded 2022-10-17 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Ursolic Acid and AMPK?


"The AI pipeline identified a computationally prioritized triad, fisetin, butein, and ursolic acid glucoside, whose predicted multi-target profile converges on AMPK-SIRT1 activation and ACC/FAS-mediated lipogenesis suppression." — where Ursolic Acid and AMPK appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-04-28

AMPK, sirtuin, mTOR, autophagy; PMID 41881279, 42047332, 40691672, 34512368

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  • AMPK PMID 41881279
    "The AI pipeline identified a computationally prioritized triad, fisetin, butein, and ursolic acid glucoside, whose predicted multi-target profile converges on AMPK-SIRT1 activation and ACC/FAS-mediated lipogenesis suppression."
  • sirtuin PMID 41881279
    "The AI pipeline identified a computationally prioritized triad, fisetin, butein, and ursolic acid glucoside, whose predicted multi-target profile converges on AMPK-SIRT1 activation and ACC/FAS-mediated lipogenesis suppression."
  • mTOR PMID 42047332
    "Exploring the intricate molecular interplay between natural products and autophagy in limiting infections may provide valuable insights that could inform the development of innovative host-directed antimicrobial treatments based on autophagy regulation.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AM: alveolar macrophages; AMP: antimicrobial peptides; AMPK: 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated…"
  • AMPK PMID 42047332
    "Exploring the intricate molecular interplay between natural products and autophagy in limiting infections may provide valuable insights that could inform the development of innovative host-directed antimicrobial treatments based on autophagy regulation.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AM: alveolar macrophages; AMP: antimicrobial peptides; AMPK: 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated…"
  • sirtuin PMID 42047332
    "Exploring the intricate molecular interplay between natural products and autophagy in limiting infections may provide valuable insights that could inform the development of innovative host-directed antimicrobial treatments based on autophagy regulation.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AM: alveolar macrophages; AMP: antimicrobial peptides; AMPK: 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated…"
  • autophagy PMID 42047332
    "Exploring the intricate molecular interplay between natural products and autophagy in limiting infections may provide valuable insights that could inform the development of innovative host-directed antimicrobial treatments based on autophagy regulation.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AM: alveolar macrophages; AMP: antimicrobial peptides; AMPK: 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated…"
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  • mTOR PMID 40691672
    "We sought to examine the impact of ursolic acid (UA) on apoptosis and autophagy levels in breast cancer through Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) via the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway."

autophagy

  • PMID 40691672
    "We sought to examine the impact of ursolic acid (UA) on apoptosis and autophagy levels in breast cancer through Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) via the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway."
  • "The inhibition of autophagy, oxidative stress, and apoptosis induced by Rotenone could be significantly reversed by reducing the oxidative stress level with ursolic acid."
  • AMPK
    "Our results highlight that inhibiting AMPK activity and oxidative stress using ursolic acid to improve autophagy levels is a promising strategy to combat Rotenone-induced neurotoxicity.</p>"
  • mTOR PMID 34512368
    "In this review, we focus on summarizing some representative natural active compounds, mainly including curcumin, resveratrol, paclitaxel, Bufalin, and Ursolic acid that may ultimately trigger cancer cell death through the regulation of some key autophagic signaling pathways, such as RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK, PI3K-AKT-mTOR, AMPK, ULK1, Beclin-1, Atg5 and p53."

recorded 2026-04-28 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL169
PubChem CID
64945
CAS number
77-52-1
RxCUI
1426931
InChIKey
WCGUUGGRBIKTOS-GPOJBZKASA-N
Also called
Malol, Micromerol, Prunol, Urson, ua, (3.BETA.)-3-HYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC ACID, URS-12-EN-28-OIC ACID, 3-HYDROXY-, (3.BETA.)-, URSOLIC ACID (CONSTITUENT OF HOLY BASIL LEAF) [DSC], URSOLIC ACID [HSDB], URSOLIC ACID [MI], URSOLIC ACID [USP-RS]
Development code
NSC-167406, NSC-4060
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