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. 2021 Feb 7;26(4):883. doi: 10.3390/molecules26040883

Table 2.

Lignans detected in Sesamum species other than S. indicum. The first report of each lignan in each species is cited.

Source (+)-Sesamin (+)-Sesamolin (+)-Sesan-Golin (+)-ala-Tumin (+)-2-epi-Sesalatin (+)-7′-epi-Sesantalin
S. alatum [87] 1 [87] 2 [88] [89] [90]
S. angolense [66] [66] [91]
S. angustifolium [66] [66] [87]
S. orientale var. malabaricum [66] 3 [66] 3
S. calycinum [66] [66]
S. latifolium [66] [87] 4
S. radiatum [66] [72] 4,5 [92] [92]
S. schinzianum [72] 6 [72] 6
S. mulayanum [93] 7 [93] 7
S. laciniatum [93] 8 [93] 8
S. capense [66] 9
S. pedalioides [66] 9

1 [87] reported 0.01% in oil; [94] reported 0.14 mg g−1 seed; acc. to [93], the ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 1:3. 2 [87] reported 0.01% in oil; [94] reported 0.38 mg g−1 seed. 3 Acc. to [93], the ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 4:1. 4 In her publication from 2010 [95], Kamal-Eldin noted that S. latifolium was mistakenly named as S. radiatum in her previous publications, especially in [87]. For further details, see Section 2.8. 5 Acc. to [72], the ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 7:1. 6 The ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 5:1. 7 The ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 5:1; authors indicated that S. mulayanum was a synonym for S. malabaricum. 8 The ratio of sesamin to sesamolin was 1:3. 9 Only trace amounts were detected in a single herbarium sample by TLC.