Plant products of low
molecular weight formed primarily from
oxidative coupling of two
p-propylphenol moieties at their β carbon atoms; products with units coupled in other
ways are neolignans, e.g.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1347