Description
A lignan-derived phenol; a GPR35 agonist (EC50 = 147 µM in a DMR assay) using HT-29 cells; promotes esophageal carcinogenesis in rats at 2% in the diet either alone or in a multiorgan model of nitrosamine-induced carcinogenesis; has been used as a precursor in the enzymatic synthesis of pyrogallol and purpurogallin; has been used as a precursor in the electro-organic synthesis of coumestan derivatives