Chemical Structures of Lignans and Neolignans Isolated from Lauraceae

Ya Li; Shuhan Xie; Jinchuan Ying; Wenjun Wei; Kun Gao

doi:10.3390/molecules23123164

Chemical Structures of Lignans and Neolignans Isolated from Lauraceae

Molecules. 2018 Nov 30;23(12):3164. doi: 10.3390/molecules23123164.

Authors

Ya Li¹, Shuhan Xie², Jinchuan Ying³, Wenjun Wei⁴, Kun Gao⁵

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. liea@lzu.edu.cn.
² Lanzhou University High School, Lanzhou 730000, China. xieshzb@163.com.
³ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. yingjch16@lzu.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. weiwj14@lzu.edu.cn.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. npchem@lzu.edu.cn.

Abstract

Lauraceae is a good source of lignans and neolignans, which are the most chemotaxonomic characteristics of many species of the family. This review describes 270 naturally occurring lignans and neolignans isolated from Lauraceae.

Keywords: Lauraceae; chemical components; chemical structures; lignans; neolignans.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Lauraceae / chemistry*
Lignans / chemistry*

Substances

Lignans

Grants and funding

21402074/National Natural Science Foundation of China