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SUBMITTER: Eklund P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eklund Patrik P Raitanen Jan-Erik JE
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190109 2
Lignans, neolignans, norlignans and norneolignans constitute a large class of phenolic natural compounds. 9-Norlignans, here defined to contain a β⁻β' bond between the two phenylpropanoid units and to lack carbon number 9 from the parent lignan structure, are the most rarely occurring compounds within this class of natural compounds. We present here an overview of the structure, occurrence and biological activity of thirty-five 9-norlignans reported in the literature to date. In addition, we rep ...[more]