Uses
photosensitizing agent
Uses
5,7-Dimethoxycoumarin is a derivitized coumarin compound.
Definition
ChEBI: 5,7-dimethoxy-1-benzopyran-2-one is a member of coumarins.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 118, p. 6305, 1996
DOI: 10.1021/ja961107i
General Description
5,7-dimethoxycoumarin is isolated and identified from leaves and fruits of
Pelea anisata H. Mann, a plant whose fruit are used in the construction of mohikana leis. It induces frameshift mutagenesis in bacteria. It also causes lethal photosensitization and the formation of sister chromatid exchanges in Chinese hamster cells.
Biochem/physiol Actions
5,7-Dimethoxycoumarin induces the processes of differentiation and melanogenesis in murine (B16) and human (A375).
