lignan

English

Noun

lignan (plural lignans)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cyclolignan
• epoxylignan
• lignane
• neolignan
• secolignan

Anagrams

• Anglin, Anling, Laning

Esperanto

Adjective

lignan

1. accusative singular of ligna

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːj.nɑn/

Verb

līġnan

1. Alternative form of līeġnan

Conjugation

Conjugation of līġnan (weak class 1)

infinitive	līġnan	līġnenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	līġne	līġnede
second person singular	līġnest	līġnedest
third person singular	līġneþ	līġnede
plural	līġnaþ	līġnedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	līġne	līġnede
plural	līġnen	līġneden
imperative
singular	līġne
plural	līġnaþ
participle	present	past
	līġnende	(ġe)līġned