Umbelliferone (7-hydroxycoumarin): A non-toxic antidiarrheal and antiulcerogenic coumarin

Gastrointestinal diseases are very common problems; available treatments are very limited and come with a range of side effects. Coumarins are an extensive class of phenolic compounds that can be found in plants, fungi and bacteria. The 7-hydroxycoumarin, also known as umbelliferone (UMB), is a comp...

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Main Authors: Luisa Ferreira Cruz, Geisa Fantini de Figueiredo, Lidiane Paula Pedro, Yuri Martins Amorin, Jessica Tauany Andrade, Tiago Faustino Passos, Felipe Fernandes Rodrigues, Israel Lucas Antunes Souza, Thaís Paula Rodrigues Gonçalves, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Jaqueline Maria Siqueira Ferreira, Marcelo Gonzaga de Freitas Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332220306259