# Balanophonin

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**Balanophonin** is a [neo-lignan](/source/Neo-lignan). It is a [bioactive compound](/source/Bioactive_compound) which can be isolated from *[Dipteryx odorata](/source/Dipteryx_odorata)*[1] and *[Balanophora japonica](/source/Balanophora_japonica)*.[2]

## References

1. Jang, DS; Park, EJ; Hawthorne, ME; Vigo, JS; Graham, JG; Cabieses, F; Santarsiero, BD; Mesecar, AD; Fong, HH; Mehta, RG; Pezzuto, JM; Kinghorn, AD (2003). "Potential cancer chemopreventive constituents of the seeds of Dipteryx odorata (tonka bean)". *J Nat Prod*. **66** (5): 583–7. [Bibcode:2003JNAtP..66..583J](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003JNAtP..66..583J). [doi:10.1021/np020522n](https://doi.org/10.1021/np020522n). [PMID 12762787](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12762787)

1. Balanophonin, a new neo-lignan from Balanophora japonica Makino, Haruna Mitsumasa, Koube Tomoko, Ito Kazuo and Murata Hiroyuki, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 25-04-1982, 30(4), pages 1525-1527 ([abstract](http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110003634474/))

## External links

- [http://www.chemfaces.com/natural/Balanophonin-CFN99295.html](http://www.chemfaces.com/natural/Balanophonin-CFN99295.html)
- [http://www.biocrick.com/Balanophonin-BCN6072.html](http://www.biocrick.com/Balanophonin-BCN6072.html)

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