Umbelliferone

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Um`bel`lif´er`one


n.1.(Chem.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in analytical biochemistry, as, for exmple, to detect phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Results shown here discovered that quinoa is a excellent source of oxyprenylated umbelliferone and ferulic acid derivatives (Fiorito et al, 2019).
Both [lambda]-bisabolol,bisabolol oxides A and B and chamazulene or azulenesse, farnesene and spiro-ether quiterpene lactones, glycosides, hydroxycoumarins, flavanoids (apigenin, luteolin, patuletin, and quercetin), coumarins (herniarin and umbelliferone), terpenoids, and mucilage are considered to be the major bio-active ingredients.
Possible involvement of Nrf2 and PPAR[gamma] up-regulation in the protective effect of umbelliferone against cyclophosphamide-induced hepatotoxicity.
The dried roots of Sophorae Radix contain flavonoids, such as kuraridin, kurarinone, isokurarinine, norkurarinone, pterocarpin, formononetin, trifolirhizin, daidzein, umbelliferone, maackiain, kuraridinol, kurarinol, neo-kurinol, and norkurarinol [13, 14].
All other compounds (4-11) were isolated for the first time from this plant which included a benzofuran derivative, cnidioside A (4); three flavonoid derivatives, quercetin 3-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside (5), rutin (6), and 4'-0-methylquercetin 3-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside (7); two coumarin derivatives, scopoletin (8) and umbelliferone (9); a phenylpropene derivative, eugenol 4-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside (10), and a eudesmane sesquiterpene glucoside, pumilaside A (11).
Nanjangud rasa bale) flower extract and its constituents Umbelliferone and Lupeol on [alpha]-glucosidase, aldose reductase and glycation at multiple stages," South African Journal of Botany, vol.
Abstract: The chloroform fraction of Potentilla evestita led to the isolation of three compounds which were characterized as Acacetin 1, Chrysin 2 and Umbelliferone 3.
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