lignan

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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

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Adjective

lignan

  1. accusative singular of ligna

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną (“to conceal, deny”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliːjnɑn/

Verb

līġnan

  1. to deny

Conjugation
Conjugation of līġnan (weak class 1)
infinitive līġnan tō līġnenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular līġne līġnede
2nd-person singular līġnest līġnedest
3rd-person singular līġneþ līġnede
plural līġnaþ līġnedon
subjunctive present past
singular līġne līġnede
plural līġnen līġneden
imperative
singular līġn
plural līġnaþ
participle present past
līġnende (ġe)līġned
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