"Lignans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of dibenzylbutane derivatives which occurs in higher plants and in fluids (bile, serum, urine, etc.) in man and other animals. These compounds, which have a potential anti-cancer role, can be synthesized in vitro by human fecal flora. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017705
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.140.450
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lignans" by people in Profiles.
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Neolignans and Diarylheptanoids with Anti-Inflammatory Activity from the Rhizomes of Alpinia zerumbet. J Agric Food Chem. 2021 Aug 18; 69(32):9229-9237.
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Hepatoprotective Tetrahydrobenzocyclooctabenzofuranone Lignans from Kadsura longipedunculata. J Nat Prod. 2019 10 25; 82(10):2842-2851.
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Hepatoprotective Dibenzocyclooctadiene and Tetrahydrobenzocyclooctabenzofuranone Lignans from Kadsura longipedunculata. J Nat Prod. 2018 04 27; 81(4):846-857.
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Dietary flavonoid intake and Barrett's esophagus in western Washington State. Ann Epidemiol. 2015 Oct; 25(10):730-5.e2.
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The natural products magnolol and honokiol are positive allosteric modulators of both synaptic and extra-synaptic GABA(A) receptors. Neuropharmacology. 2012 Jun; 62(8):2507-14.
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Construction of a flavonoid database for assessing intake in a population-based sample of women on Long Island, New York. Nutr Cancer. 2006; 56(1):57-66.
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Estrogens and environmental estrogens. Biomed Pharmacother. 2002 Feb; 56(1):36-44.