Term: lignans
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03527

Definition:
Plant products of low molecular weight formed primarily from oxidative coupling of two p-propylphenol moieties at their β carbon atoms; products with units coupled in other ways are neolignans, e.g. L03527-1.png L03527-2.png

Related Terms:
1) molecular weight (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M04000).
2) oxidative coupling (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.O04368).

Images:
1) Not defined (https://goldbook.iupac.org/img/inline/L03527-1.png) 
2) Not defined (https://goldbook.iupac.org/img/inline/L03527-2.png) 

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1347 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

Citation: 'lignans' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03527

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