1. Foreword

   • Maike Petersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 200

2. Lignans and neolignans as lead compounds

   • S. Apers
   • A. Vlietinck
   • L. Pieters

   OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 217

3. Chemoinduction of cytotoxic selectivity in Podophyllotoxin-related lignans

   • M.A. Castro
   • J.M. Miguel del Corral
   • A. San Feliciano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 233

4. Macromolecular lignin replication: A mechanistic working hypothesis

   • Yi-ru Chen
   • Simo Sarkanen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 255

5. Biosynthesis of monolignols. Genomic and reverse genetic approaches

   • Richard A. Dixon
   • M.S. Srinivasa Reddy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 306

6. An historical perspective on lignan biosynthesis: Monolignol, allylphenol and hydroxycinnamic acid coupling and downstream metabolism

   • Laurence B. Davin
   • Norman G. Lewis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 288

7. Lignans in plant cell and organ cultures: An overview

   • Elisabeth Fuss

   OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 320

8. Biological activities of lignans and stilbenoids associated with plant-insect chemical interactions

   • Juraj Harmatha
   • Laurence Dinan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 330

9. Knots in trees – A new rich source of lignans

   • Bjarne Holmbom
   • Christer Eckerman
   • Stefan Willför

   OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 340

10. Lignans in treatment of cancer and other diseases^†

    • Kuo-Hsiung Lee
    • Zhiyan Xiao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 362

11. Linum persicum: Lignans and placement in Linaceae^†

    • Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh
    • Shiva Hemmati
    • A. Wilhelm Alfermann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 369

12. Diversity in lignan biosynthesis

    • Toshiaki Umezawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 390

13. Different strategies for the chemical synthesis of lignans

    • Robert S. Ward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 400

14. Subject Index

    Subject Index Pages: 419 - 420

15. Flax seed lignan in disease prevention and health promotion

    • Neil D. Westcott
    • Alister D. Muir

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 417