Coumarin Definition

ko͝omər-ĭn
noun
A toxic, white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, with the odor of vanilla, obtained from the tonka bean and certain other plants or made synthetically: used in perfumes, soaps, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) The bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives.

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Noun

Singular:
coumarin
Plural:
coumarins

Origin of Coumarin

  • French coumarine from coumarou tonka bean tree from Spanish coumarú from Portuguese cumaru from Tupí cumarú, commaru

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Coumarin Sentence Examples

  • For the oxy-cinnamic acids see Coumarin.

  • These researches incidentally solved the constitution of coumarin, the odoriferous principle of woodruff.

  • This was followed by the production of heliotropin, coumarin and vanillin, and later on by the artificial preparation of ionone, the most characteristic constituent of the violet scent.

  • However, very rare cases of modification of the INR values have been reported with concomitant use of Rozex and coumarin anticoagulants.

  • Warfarin and other coumarin derivatives Co-administration of fluvastatin with warfarin may commonly cause significant increases in prothrombin time.

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