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What is a coumarin?

What is a coumarin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) the bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives
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However, the use of natural coumarin in food was banned in the USA in 1954, and the use of tonka beans restricted to perfume.
We modeled the modified complex by replacing the guanine in the native structure with coumarin and allowing rotation about the glycosidic bond.
If coumarin is present, a brown, precipitate will form, and if stirred with a rod it will collect in dark green flecks.
In this assay a series of sample mixtures with a fixed protein concentration and increasing coumarin concentrations are injected.
The coumarin scopoletin is present in whisky, with the highest level reported in Bourbon whiskey.
Many plants make use of furocoumarins, in which a coumarin is bonded to a furan ring, as protective substances.

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