Mammalian lignans or enterolignans are metabolites of plant lignans, an important category of phytochemicals. Although they are known to be associated with estrogenic activity, cell signaling pathways leading to specific cell functions, and especially the differences among lignans, have not been explored. We examined the estrogenic activity of enterolignans and their precursor plant lignans and...

Consumption of flaxseed lignans is associated with various health benefits; however, little is known about the bioavailability of purified lignans in flaxseed. Data on their bioavailability and hence pharmacokinetics (PK) are necessary to better understand their role in putative health benefits. In the present study, we conducted a comparative PK analysis of the principal lignan of flaxseed, se...

Cortex Eucommiae (Du-zhong) is the dried bark of the Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. The natural products identified from Du-zhong include lignans, iridoids, flavonoids, polysaccharides, terpenes, and proteins, Liu et al. (2012). Lignans, the main bioactive components, were protective against hypertensive renal injury in spontaneous hypertensive rats in our previous study, Li et al. (2012). Moreover, E...

The treatment of 2-(2-vinylphenyl)acetaldehydes or 3-(2-vinylphenyl)propanals with BF 3 ·Et 2 O results in an intramolecular Prins reaction affording intermediary benzyl carbenium ions, which are then trapped by a variety electron-rich aromatics via Friedel–Crafts alkylation. This cascade Prins/Friedel–Crafts cyclization protocol paves expedient path to medicinally useful 4-aryltetralin-2-ol an...

The isolation and characterization of two new arylnaphthalide lignans, jusmicranthin 1 and justirumalin 5, in addition to helioxanthin 4, taiwanin C 8, retrohelioxanthin 9 and justicidin A 10 from J. neesii, have been reported. Structure of 1 has been deduced as its ethyl and methyl ethers. Compound 1 is the first member .of angularly fused arylnaphthalide lignans having hydroxyl/alkoxyl group ...

Four new lignans, 3',4'-O,O-demethylenehinokinin (1), chamalignolide (2), 8'beta-hydroxyhinokinin (3) and 7beta,8beta-epoxyzuonin A (4), as well as (-)-hinokinin (5), and (-)-zuonin A (6), were isolated from the heartwood of Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana. The structures of these lignans were unambiguously determined by spectroscopic methods. And the absolute configuration of 1 was elucida...

Two new lignans, henricines A (1) and B (2), were isolated along with the eight known lignans, ganshisandrine (3), wulignan A(2) (4), epiwulignan A(1) (5), deoxyschisandrin (6), wulignan A(1) (7), epischisandrone (8), schisantherin A (9), and schisandrol A (10), from the stems of Schisandra henryi. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated based on the spectral analysis, including 1D ...

A series of lignans from Bupleurum salicifolium Soland (Umbelliferae) were tesled for nemalostatic activity on the cysts and freed secondstage juveniles of ¡he potalo cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida. None of Ihe six lignans lested-bursehemin, rnatairesinol, syringaresinol, Ihe novel produCI buplerol, guayarol. and a derivative, nortrachelogenin triacetale-showed nemalicida...