 Lignans
"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)
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D017705
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.140.450
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Miles FL, Navarro SL, Schwarz Y, Gu H, Djukovic D, Randolph TW, Shojaie A, Kratz M, Hullar MAJ, Lampe PD, Neuhouser ML, Raftery D, Lampe JW. Plasma metabolite abundances are associated with urinary enterolactone excretion in healthy participants on controlled diets. Food Funct. 2017 Sep 20; 8(9):3209-3218.
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Weber RW. Allergen of the Month--Western Red Cedar. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 Sep; 115(3):A11.
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Rather JA, Pilehvar S, De Wael K. A biosensor fabricated by incorporation of a redox mediator into a carbon nanotube/nafion composite for tyrosinase immobilization: detection of matairesinol, an endocrine disruptor. Analyst. 2013 Jan 07; 138(1):204-10.
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Chan-Yeung M, Giclas PC, Henson PM. Activation of complement by plicatic acid, the chemical compound responsible for asthma due to western red cedar (Thuja plicata). J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1980 May; 65(5):333-7.
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