Abstiact -Inrermalccular transformation of sesamolin(i) was proved to give sesummol(2) during the industrial hleachlng process of unroasted sesame seed oil.The mechanistic proof was demonstrated by a model experiment in organic solvents in the presence of acids and by a scrambling experiment under the model condition using m-cresol as a competitor.Naturally o c c u r i n g antioxidants attract attentlow in food industry because they have been safely applied as food additive as well us far medicinal uses.We have recently found ''the occurrence of these iignans with high antioxidant activities in sesamc seed ; thus , P I , P2 (named "sesamoli-
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Fukuda et al. (1986) studied this question.