This review gives an updated picture of each class of phenolic compounds and their
properties. The most common classification implies the subdivision of phenolics in two main …

Pressurized liquid extraction is a “green” technology for the extraction of nutraceuticals from
foods and herbal plants. This review discusses the extraction principles and the optimization …

The phenylpropanoid pathway serves as a rich source of metabolites in plants, being
required for the biosynthesis of lignin, and serving as a starting point for the production of …

As a major component of plant specialized metabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthetic
pathways provide anthocyanins for pigmentation, flavonoids such as flavones for protection …

Cannabis sativa L. is an annual dioecious plant from Central Asia. Cannabinoids,
flavonoids, stilbenoids, terpenoids, alkaloids and lignans are some of the secondary …

▪ Abstract Collectively, plants contain several different families of natural products among
which are compounds with weak estrogenic or antiestrogenic activity toward mammals …

A comprehensive assessment of lignin configuration in transgenic and mutant plants is long
overdue. This review thus undertook the systematic analysis of trends manifested through …

Lignans are phenylpropanoid dimers, where the phenylpropane units are linked by the
central carbon (C8) of their side chains. Ligans vary substantially in oxidation level …

The recent discovery of dirigent proteins (Davin and Lewis, 1995; Davin et al., 1997; Gang et
al., 1999) gives a new perspective into how free radical coupling of monolignol plant …

Although lignin is the second most abundant plant substance in vascular plants, its mode of
synthesis is still the subject of much debate. However, recent progress has provided crucial …