An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered Inorganic compound.... . This colourless crystalline solid is a phytochemical
Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are plant-derived chemical compounds under scientific research for their potential health-promoting properties. Phytochemicals are non-essential nutrients, but still they have been scientifically confirmed as being important to human health.... , one of the monolignol
Monolignol
Monolignols are phytochemicals acting as source materials for biosynthesis of both lignans and lignin. The starting material for production of monolignols is the amino acid phenylalanine.... s. It is synthetized via the phenylpropanoid
Phenylpropanoid
Phenylpropanoids are a class of plant-derived organic compounds that are biosynthesized from the amino acid phenylalanine. They have a wide variety of functions, including defense against Herbivory, microbial attack, or other sources of injury; as structural components of cell walls; as protection from ultraviolet light; as pigments; and as... biochemical pathway. When copolymerized with related aromatic compounds, coniferyl alcohol forms lignin
Lignin
Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae.... or lignan
Lignan
The lignans are a group of chemical compounds found in plants, particularly in flax seed. Lignans are one of the major classes of phytoestrogens, which are estrogen-like chemicals and also act as antioxidants.... s.
Coniferyl alcohol is an intermediate in biosynthesis
Biosynthesis
Biosynthesis is a phenomenon wherein chemical compounds are produced from simpler reagents. Biosynthesis, unlike chemosynthesis, takes place within living organisms and is generally catalyst by enzymes.... of eugenol
Eugenol
Eugenol , is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol. Eugenol is a member of the phenylpropanoids class of chemical compounds. It is a clear to pale yellow oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and bay leaf.... and of stilbene
Stilbene
-Stilbene, is a diarylethene, that is a hydrocarbon consisiting of an trans ethene double bond substituted with an phenyl group on both carbon atoms of the double bond.... and coumarin
Coumarin
Coumarin is a chemical compound ; a toxin found in many plants, notably in high concentration in the tonka bean, vanilla grass, woodruff, mullein, and bison grass.... . Gum benzoin contains significant amount of coniferyl alcohol and its ester
Ester
An ester is an often Aroma compound organic chemistry or partially organic compound formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol or aromatic alcohol with the elimination of water.... s.
Gymnosperm is a group of spermatophyte seed-bearing plants with ovules on scales, which are usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major group of seed-bearing plants, the angiosperms, [from the Greek, 'angion' - container] have ovules enclosed in a carpel, a sporophyll with fused margins.... and Angiosperm plants.
An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered Inorganic compound.... . This colourless crystalline solid is a phytochemical
Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are plant-derived chemical compounds under scientific research for their potential health-promoting properties. Phytochemicals are non-essential nutrients, but still they have been scientifically confirmed as being important to human health.... , one of the monolignol
Monolignol
Monolignols are phytochemicals acting as source materials for biosynthesis of both lignans and lignin. The starting material for production of monolignols is the amino acid phenylalanine.... s. It is synthetized via the phenylpropanoid
Phenylpropanoid
Phenylpropanoids are a class of plant-derived organic compounds that are biosynthesized from the amino acid phenylalanine. They have a wide variety of functions, including defense against Herbivory, microbial attack, or other sources of injury; as structural components of cell walls; as protection from ultraviolet light; as pigments; and as... biochemical pathway. When copolymerized with related aromatic compounds, coniferyl alcohol forms lignin
Lignin
Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae.... or lignan
Lignan
The lignans are a group of chemical compounds found in plants, particularly in flax seed. Lignans are one of the major classes of phytoestrogens, which are estrogen-like chemicals and also act as antioxidants.... s.
Coniferyl alcohol is an intermediate in biosynthesis
Biosynthesis
Biosynthesis is a phenomenon wherein chemical compounds are produced from simpler reagents. Biosynthesis, unlike chemosynthesis, takes place within living organisms and is generally catalyst by enzymes.... of eugenol
Eugenol
Eugenol , is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol. Eugenol is a member of the phenylpropanoids class of chemical compounds. It is a clear to pale yellow oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and bay leaf.... and of stilbene
Stilbene
-Stilbene, is a diarylethene, that is a hydrocarbon consisiting of an trans ethene double bond substituted with an phenyl group on both carbon atoms of the double bond.... and coumarin
Coumarin
Coumarin is a chemical compound ; a toxin found in many plants, notably in high concentration in the tonka bean, vanilla grass, woodruff, mullein, and bison grass.... . Gum benzoin contains significant amount of coniferyl alcohol and its ester
Ester
An ester is an often Aroma compound organic chemistry or partially organic compound formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol or aromatic alcohol with the elimination of water.... s.
Gymnosperm is a group of spermatophyte seed-bearing plants with ovules on scales, which are usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major group of seed-bearing plants, the angiosperms, [from the Greek, 'angion' - container] have ovules enclosed in a carpel, a sporophyll with fused margins.... and Angiosperm plants. Sinapyl alcohol
Sinapyl alcohol
Sinapyl alcohol is an organic compound derived from cinnamic acid. This phytochemical is one of the monolignols. It is biosynthesis via the phenylpropanoid biochemical pathway, its immediate precursor being sinapaldehyde.... and Paracoumaryl alcohol
Paracoumaryl alcohol
Paracoumaryl alcohol, also called p-coumaryl alcohol, 4-coumaryl alcohol, 4-hydroxycinnamyl alcohol, or 4-phenol, is a phytochemical, one of the monolignols.... , the other two lignin monomers, are found in Angiosperm plants and grasses.
