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forsythialan

forsythialan noun: any of a class of lignans found in plants of the genus Forsythia.

Noun

forsythialan (plural forsythialans)

  1. Any of a class of lignans found in plants of the genus Forsythia.
    • A study using a 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging experiment found that the CH 2 Cl 2 fraction of F. suspensa exerted the strongest scavenging activity and suggested that forsythialan A and phillygenin F are the major antioxidant constituents [ 51, 52 ].2015 July 2, Yi-ping Guo, Li-gen Lin, Yi-tao Wang, “Chemistry and pharmacology of the herb pair Flos Lonicerae japonicae-Forsythiae fructus”, in Chinese Medicine, volume 10, →DOI

Forms of forsythialan

pluralforsythialans

Questions about forsythialan

What does forsythialan mean?
Forsythialan means any of a class of lignans found in plants of the genus Forsythia.
What part of speech is forsythialan?
Forsythialan is a noun.
What is the plural of forsythialan?
The plural of forsythialan is forsythialans.

Words near forsythialan in the dictionary

  1. Forsyth
  2. Forsyth County
  3. Forsythe
  4. Forsythes
  5. forsythia
  6. forsythialan
  7. forsythialans
  8. forsythias
  9. forsythiaside
  10. forsythin
  11. forsythoside

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