Nyasol, also known as cis-hinokiresinol or as (Z)-hinokiresinol, is a lignan that is found in Anemarrhena asphodeloides.Kwon, J., Kondaji, G., Song, S., Kim, C., Lee, K., Kim, W. K., & Choi, Y. (2013). Synthesis of naturally occurring norlignan (±)-nyasol. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 34(4), 1247-1249. It has estrogenic activity, acting as a selective agonist of the ERβ, and hence is a phytoestrogen. In addition, (-)-nyasol has been found to inhibit the production of eicosanoids and nitric oxide in vitro and shows anti-inflammatory effects.
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