Q9 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2017
Paper: CSIR NET December 2017 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Alkaloids · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The following natural product Enterodiol is a
(a)terpene
(b)steroid
(c)lignan
(d)alkaloid
Answer
Answer (as printed): C
Explanation
Enterodiol is a lignan, formed by the action of intestinal bacteria on lignan precursors found in plants.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.
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