"Coumarins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Synthetic or naturally occurring substances related to coumarin, the delta-lactone of coumarinic acid. The various coumarins have a wide range of proposed actions and uses including as ANTICOAGULANTS, pharmaceutical aids, indicators and reagents, photoreactive substances, and ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003374
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.150.446 D03.830.219.446
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| Concept/Terms |
Coumarins- Coumarins
- Benzopyran-2-ones
- Benzopyran 2 ones
- Coumarines
- 1,2-Benzo-Pyrones
- 1,2 Benzo Pyrones
- 1,2-Benzopyrones
- 1,2 Benzopyrones
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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