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4-hydroxycoumarins (medicine)


4-hydroxycoumarins
<chemical> Substances found in many plants, containing the 4-hydroxycoumarin radical. They interfere with vitamin k and the blood clotting mechanism, are tightly protein-bound, inhibit mitochondrial and microsomal enzymes, and are used as oral anticoagulant.

Pharmacological action: anticoagulant, enzyme inhibitors.