dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol

Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol is an estrogen receptor agonist that can promote BMP-2-induced osteoblastogenesis. Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol also exerts anti-inflammatory activity through inactivation of NF-κB pathways[1][2].

ChEBI: A guaiacyl lignin obtained by cyclodimerisation of coniferol.

[1] Lee W, et, al. Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol promotes BMP-2-induced osteoblastogenesis through its agonistic effects on estrogen receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Jan 15;495(3):2242-2248. DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.079
[2] Hu X, et, al. Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol from Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn accelerates wound healing via inactivating NF-κB pathways in macrophages. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2020 Feb;72(2):305-317. DOI:10.1111/jphp.13205