Table 1.

Aglycones of lignans found in Sesamum indicum and related species.

Lignan	MW	Monoisotopic Mass	UV Maxima	Extinction Coefficient [g−1 L]	Content in Seeds [mg/100 g]	Reference
Sesamin	354.35	354.1103	287/236	23.03/26.01 4	77–930	[46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67]
Sesamolin	370.35	370.1053	288/235	21.79/24.85 4	61–530	[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72]
Sesaminol	370.40	370.1053	238/295	3.99/3.85 5	0–1.4	[73,74]
Sesamolinol	372.40	372.1209	231/287	3.95/3.80 5	6–29	[53,75]
Pinoresinol	358.38	358.1416	232/280	-	29–38	[52,76,77,78]
Sesamol 1	138.12	138.0316	296/233	29.74/21.18 4	0–30 1	[62,63,79,80,81]
Lariciresinol	360.40	360.1572	230/280	-	0.8 3	[77,78,82]
Matairesinol	358.40	358.1416	230/282	-	0.4 3	[77]
Piperitol	356.40	356.1259	-	-	1.3 3	[78]
Episesamin 2	354.40	354.1103	-	-	9–270	[54,73]
Samin	250.25	250.0841	287/238	-	50 2	[83,84]

¹ Only found in roasted seeds or oil. ² Only found in bleached oil. ³ Only a single value reported. ⁴ In isooctane, ⁵ in chloroform.