Arctiin

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IUPACName=(3"R",4"R")-4- [(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl] -3-{ [3-methoxy-4- [(2"S",3"R",4"S",5"S",6"R")-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] oxyphenyl] methyl}oxolan-2-one
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CASNo=20362-31-6
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SMILES=COc1ccc(cc1OC)C [C@H] 4COC(=O) [C@@H] 4Cc3ccc(O [C@@H] 2O [C@H] (CO) [C@@H] (O) [C@H] (O) [C@H] 2O)c(OC)c3
MeSHName=arctigenin
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Arctiin is a lignan found in many plants of the Asteraceae family, particularly the Greater burdock ("Arctium lappa") and "Centaurea imperialis", and in "Trachelospermum asiaticum" and "Forsythia viridissima".cite book |author=David J. Triggle |coauthors=C. R. Ganellin, F. MacDonald |title=Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents |publisher=Chapman & Hall/CRC |location=Boca Raton |year=1996 |volume=1 |pages=p. 172 |isbn=0-412-46630-9 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DeX7jgInYFMC&pg=RA1-PA172&dq=arctiin&sig=ACfU3U1eUsRs0h6r9aei25x2WxRiRrqNIA#PRA1-PA172,M1 Retrieved on September 14, 2008 through Google Book Search.] It is the glucoside of arctigenin.

Arctiin and arctigenin have shown anticancer effects.

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* [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=330161 Arctiin] entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms