dihydrostilbene

plural dihydrostilbenes

1. A type of stilbene in which the double bond that typically connects the two phenyl groups is saturated, so that the two phenyl rings are connected by a single bond between their carbon atoms.

   To date, there have been a total of 13 dihydrostilbenes reported in cannabis.

   2023, Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Cannabis Chemistry and Biology: Fundamentals, page 95

   2 more examples

   Lunularin, a dihydrostilbene, is met with in Marchantia polymorpha (Hop- kins & Perold, 1974) and Conocephalum conicum (Pryce & Linton, 1974).

   1989, R. N. Chopra, P. K. Kumra, Biology of Bryophytes, page 232

   Alkaline hydrolysis of the aglycone gave a stilbene derivative (Fig. 3) and reduction of the exocyclic double bond in this structure, using socium borohydride and palladium chloride, yielded the dihydrostilbene derivative (Fig. 4)

   2013, H.N. Nigg, D. Seigler, Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture, page 209