[oxygen containing heterocyclic compound, obtainable naturally from several plants, or produced synthetically from an amino acid of phenylalanine; it is used for the preparation of drugs especially anticoagulants such as bishydroxycoumarin (dicoumarol) and warfarin (coumadin); coumarin glycosides such as dicoumarol and warfarin, are widely used as rodenticides. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0010206 - Organic Chemical
- Pharmacologic Substance
Relation/PAR: pyrone
Relation/CHD: furocoumarin
1-(4'-Hydroxy-3'-coumarinyl)-1-phenyl-3-butanone