Table 4.

Main biological activities of dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans

Lignan	Biological activity	References
Deoxyschisandrin	Anticancer, antiviral, hepatoprotective	Casarin et al. (2014), Jiang et al. (2015b), Xu et al. (2015)
Gomisin A	Anticancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective	Jiang et al. (2015b), Waiwut et al. (2012)
Schisandrin	Antioxidative, hepatoprotecitve, sedative	Jeong et al. (2013)
Schisandrin B	Antioxidative, anticancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective	Casarin et al. (2014), Chiu et al. (2006), Hu et al. (2014), Thandavarayan et al. (2015), Xu et al. (2015), Yim et al. (2009)
Schisandrin C	Antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective	Jiang et al. (2015b)
γ-Schisandrin	Anticancer, antioxidative, hepatoprotective	Thandavarayan et al. (2015), Yim et al. (2009)
Schisanthenol	Antiviral	Xu et al. (2015)