Diversity in lignan biosynthesis

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-390

  Umezawa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Evolution; Lignans; Phylogenetic distribution; Stereochemistry; Structural diversity

Indexed keywords

ARCTIGENIN; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOCYCLOOCTADIENE; DIBENZYLBUTANE; DIBENZYLBUTYROLACTOL; DIBENZYLBUTYROLACTONE; DIMER; FURAN; FUROFURAN; KUSUNOKININ; LARICIRESINOL; LIGNAN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; MATAIRESINOL; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLPROPANOID; PINORESINOL; PINORESINOL LARICIRESINOL REDUCTASE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLUVIATOLIDE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PROPYLBENZENE; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DEHYDROGENASE; SYRINGARESINOL; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WIKSTROMOL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENANTIOMER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 16844385289     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHYT.0000045487.02836.32     Document Type: Article

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