An historical perspective on lignan biosynthesis: Monolignol, allylphenol and hydroxycinnamic acid coupling and downstream metabolism

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-288

  Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl propenal double bond reductase; Dirigent proteins; Enantiospecificity; Lignans; Phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase; Pinoresinol lariciresinol reductase; Polyphenol oxidase; Radical radical coupling; Regiospecificity

Indexed keywords

BLECHNIC ACID; BRAINIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; COUMARIC ACID; DEHYDRODICONIFERYL ALCOHOL; DIHYDRODEHYDRODICONIFERYL ALCOHOL 9 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; DIHYDROXYTRUXILLIC ACID; ERYTHRO GUAIACYLGLYCEROL 8 O 4' CONIFERYL ALCOHOL ETHER; ETOPOFOS; ETOPOSIDE; LARICIRESINOL 9 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; LIGNAN; MATAIRESINOL; MONOLIGNOL; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PELLIATIN; PHENOL; PINORESINOL; PLICATIC ACID; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; SCAPANIAPYRONE A; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DIGLUCOSIDE; SINAPHYL ALCOHOL; TENIPOSIDE; THREO GUAIACYLGLYCEROL 8 O 4' CONIFERYL ALCOHOL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WIKSTROMOL; YANGAMBIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVALENT BOND; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FERN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TESTIS CANCER; VASCULAR TISSUE; X RAY;

BLECHNUM; FILICOPHYTA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 16844377224     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHYT.0000046175.83729.b5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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