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sesquineolignan
monolignol
sesamolin
propylbenzene
molecule
neolignan
dimer
oligolignan
cyclolignan
lignin
estrogen
pinoresinol
lignans
epipodophyllotoxin
biosynthesis
patavine
lariciresinol
oxyneolignan
flavonolignan
dineolignan
epoxylignan
secoisolariciresinol
conidendrin
phytoestrogen
grossamide
antioxidant
forsythialan
cyclogalgravin
lignane
daurinol
enterolignan
matairesinol
kadangustin
phenylpropanoid
enterolactone
amino acid
enterodiol
Noun
Definition: Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same