Major lignans of sesame sesamin and sesamolin are benzodioxol--substituted furofurans.
Sesamol, sesaminol, its epimers, and episesamin are transformation products found in …

Lignans are complex diphenolic compounds representing phytoestrogens and occur widely
across the plant kingdom. Formed by the coupling of two coniferyl alcohol residues, lignans …

Currently, there is a growing interest in the study of natural products, especially as part of
drug discovery programs. Secondary metabolites can be extracted from a variety of natural …

Lignans are a diverse class of plant-derived natural products belonging to the
phytooestrogen family. They have long been used as herbal remedies for pain, rheumatoid …

Lignans are found in a wide variety of plant species. The lignan podophyllotoxin is of special
interest, since its derivatives like eg etopophos® are used in anticancer therapy. As …

Diphyllin (1) and justicidin B (2) are arylnaphthalene lignans with antiviral and
antiproliferative effects. Compound 1 is also known as an effective inhibitor of the Severe …

Adverse effects and drug resistance to the current onchopharmacologicals have increased
the demand for alternative novel therapeutics. We herein introduce justicidin B, an …

Genetic diversity and genome size variability were studied in 16 geographical populations of
Linum austriacum (Lineaceae). Genetic diversity parameters were determined in each …

Plants synthesize specific secondary metabolites for survival, reproduction, environmental
resilience, and defense. Among them, lignans are a class of polyphenols with several …

The genus Linum includes more than 230 globally distributed species, which have attracted
great interest as they grow rapidly and are already sources of commercially important …