A review: Synthesis and medicinal importance of coumarins and their analogues (part ii)

Moustafa A. Gouda, Belal H.M. Hussein, Amr El-Demerdash, Mona E. Ibrahim, Mohammed A. Salem, Mohamed H. Helal, Wafaa S. Hamama

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    Abstract

    Coumarins are a set of polyphenolic compounds isolated from plant product tonka bean, cou-marou in 1820. They belong to the family of benzopyrones, which includes benzene ring joined with the aid of a pyrone ring. Coumarins have attracted great attention of medicinal chemists and pharmacologists in recent years as they been confirmed to bear diverse pharmacological activities like anti-inflammatory and analgesic, anti oxidant, anticancer, etc. This review highlights the method of preparation, chemical reactivity, and organic properties such as anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, antioxidant, anticancer and analgesic activities, of coumarins and their analogues.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)993-1008
    Number of pages16
    JournalCurrent Bioactive Compounds
    Volume16
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Keywords

    • Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity
    • Anticoagulant activity
    • Antioxidant and anticancer activity
    • Chloroacetyl chloride
    • Coumarins
    • Synthesis

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