Natural and Synthetic Coumarins and their Pharmacological Activity

Obrazek miniatury
Data
2017
Autorzy
Kubrak, Tomasz
Podgórski, Rafał
Stompor, Monika
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Wydawnictwo
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Abstrakt
Coumarins are a structurally diverse group of natural substances derives from plants that display a host of bioactivities. In this paper, we will introduce the reader to coumarins and their applications as medicinal substances. The great diversity in courmarin structure will be discussed along with their extensive use as pharmaceutical agents. Coumarins display a wide range of antimicrobial activity and applications of coumarins as antifungal and antiviral agents will be addressed. Other properties of coumarins such as their role in neuroprotection, anticancer, and as antioxidants will also be reviewed.
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Słowa kluczowe
coumarins , antimicrobial agents , neuroprotection , natural products in medicine
Cytowanie
European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine T. 15, z. 2 (2017), s. 169–175