A REVIEW OF COUMARIN DERIVATIVES AND ITS BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES
Hirve Nisha*, Bele Dheeraj, Bhavsar Rupali, Dubey P. K. and Birle Rekha
ABSTRACT
The coumarin chemically known a (benzopyran-2-one, or chromen-2-
one) oxygen heterocyclic ring system, Coumarin is plant flavonoids
widely distributed in nature. Natural coumarins are known to have
antidiabetic activity, anabolic antioxidant and hepato protective
activities. present in natural products (such as the anticoagulant
warfarin) that display interesting pharmacological properties), which
have been found to be useful in photochemotherapy, antitumor and
anti-HIV therapy, and as stimulants for central nervous system,
antibacterials, anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulants, and dyes. Of
particular interest in breast cancer chemotherapy, some coumarins and
their active metabolite 7-hydroxycoumarin analogs have shown sulfatase and aromatase
inhibitory activities. Coumarin based selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and
coumarin-estrogen conjugates have also been described as potential antibreast cancer agents.
Therefore, the objective of this review is to focus on important coumarin analogs with
biological activitie.
Keywords: Coumarin, Biological activity, Antibacterial, Ant retroactivity, Green synthesis.
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