Conidendrin is an antioxidant lignan found in trees that is also present as a component of fine particle emissions from the fireplace combustion of 6 species of woods grown in the northeastern USA.
(-)-ALPHA-CONIDENDRIN is a plant derived lignan that may be used as a source or reference compound to study bacteria that degrade plant lignans. (-)-ALPHA-CONIDENDRIN may be used as a starting material for the synthesis of sikkimotoxin derivatives and cytotoxic metabolites.
ChEBI: A natural product found in Taxus yunnanensis.
