 Lignans
"Lignans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of dibenzylbutane derivatives which occurs in higher plants and in fluids (bile, serum, urine, etc.) in man and other animals. These compounds, which have a potential anti-cancer role, can be synthesized in vitro by human fecal flora. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
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D017705
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.140.450
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lignans" by people in Profiles.
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Fabian CJ, Kimler BF, Zalles CM, Klemp JR, Petroff BK, Khan QJ, Sharma P, Setchell KD, Zhao X, Phillips TA, Metheny T, Hughes JR, Yeh HW, Johnson KA. Reduction in Ki-67 in benign breast tissue of high-risk women with the lignan secoisolariciresinol diglycoside. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2010 Oct; 3(10):1342-50.
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