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Recent advances in research on lignans and neolignans

  • Nat Prod Rep. 2016 Aug 25;33(9):1044-92. doi: 10.1039/c6np00021e.
Rémy Bertrand Teponno 1 Souvik Kusari 2 Michael Spiteller 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany. michael.spiteller@tu-dortmund.de and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P. O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon.
  • 2 Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany. michael.spiteller@tu-dortmund.de.
Abstract

Covering: 2009 to 2015Lignans and neolignans are a large group of Natural Products derived from the oxidative coupling of two C6-C3 units. Owing to their biological activities ranging from antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory to Antiviral properties, they have been used for a long time both in ethnic as well as in conventional medicine. This review describes 564 of the latest examples of naturally occurring Lignans and neolignans, and their glycosides in some cases, which have been isolated between 2009 and 2015. It comprises the data reported in more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and covers their source, isolation, structure elucidation and bioactivities (where available), and highlights the biosynthesis and total synthesis of some important ones.

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