Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Autoxidation Produces a Schisandrin-like Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignan
作者:Jennifer L. Billinsky、Ed S. Krol
DOI:10.1021/np8001354
日期:2008.9.1
The lignan meso-nordihydroguaiarctic acid is known to undergo spontaneous oxidation in alkaline solution. In the presence of the trapping agent glutathione, the major oxidation products are consistent with the formation of a mesonordihydroguaiaretic acid ortho-quinone. In the absence of a trapping agent however, the major oxidation product of meso-nordihydroguaiaretic acid in aqueous solution is a unique, stable schisandrin-like dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan that may be responsible for some of the biological effects of nordihydroguaiaretic acid.