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(+)-pinoresinol
Sign in to savePinoresinol is a tetrahydrofuran lignan found in Styrax sp., Forsythia suspensa, and in Forsythia koreana. It is also found in the caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae where it serves as a defence against ants.
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Vinony's link graph records 73 inbound references to (+)-pinoresinol, and connects out to olive oil, lignan and Sesamum indicum.
It is catalogued under the topic Lignans.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C20H22O6
- Molecular weight
- 358.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-[(3S,3aR,6S,6aR)-6-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,3a,4,6,6a-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-3-yl]-2-methoxyphenol
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 358.141638424
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- chemical formula
- C₂₀H₂₂O₆
- isomeric SMILES
- COc1cc(ccc1O)[C@@H]2[C@H]3CO[C@@H]([C@H]3CO2)c4ccc(c(c4)OC)O
- found in taxon
- Peperomia humilis
- canonical SMILES
- OC1=CC=C(C=C1OC)C2OCC3C(OCC23)C4=CC=C(O)C(OC)=C4
- Commons category
- Pinoresinol
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Biosynthesis
- Pharmacology
- Metabolism into enterolignans
- See also
- References
Pinoresinol is a tetrahydrofuran lignan found in Styrax sp., Forsythia suspensa, and in Forsythia koreana. It is also found in the caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae where it serves as a defence against ants.
In food, it is found in sesame seed, in Brassica vegetables and in olive oil. Pinoresinol has also been found to be toxic to larvae of the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus and of the haematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus, which is a vector of chagas disease.
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