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lignan

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25036

Any phenylpropanoid derived from phenylalanine via dimerization of substituted cinnamic alcohols, known as monolignols, to a dibenzylbutane skeleton. Note that while individual members of the class have names ending ...lignane, ...lignene, ...lignadiene, etc., the class names lignan, neolignan, etc., do not end with an "e".

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Label

lignan

Synonyms

lignan

Subsets

3_STAR

has alternative id

CHEBI:25035

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

lignans

CHEBI:25036

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phenylpropanoid