Description | Scoparone belongs to the class of organic compounds known as coumarins and derivatives. These are polycyclic aromatic compounds containing a 1-benzopyran moiety with a ketone group at the C2 carbon atom (1-benzopyran-2-one). Scoparone is a natural organic compound with the molecular formula C11H10O4. Scoparone is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Scoparone is found, on average, in the highest concentration within sweet oranges and tarragons. Scoparone has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as limes, citrus, wild celeries, mandarin orange (clementine, tangerine), and fennels. Scoparone is found in Abutilon indicum , Achillea biserrata, Achillea ptarmicifolia, Achyrocline satureioides, Aegle marmelos , Aeglopsis chevalieri, Afraegle paniculata, Agathosma lanceolata, Aleurites moluccanus, Allamanda schottii, Anisotome pilifera, Aralia bipinnata, Aralia chinensis, Aralia fargesii, Artemisia adamsii, Artemisia annua , Artemisia campestris, Artemisia capillaris , Artemisia carvifolia, Artemisia laciniata, Artemisia nova, Artemisia reptans, Artemisia scoparia , Artemisia tridentata, Artemisia vestita, Boronella koniambiensis, Bupleurum fruticescens, Bupleurum fruticosum, Bupleurum salicifolium, Calea ternifolia, Casimiroa edulis, Cedrelopsis grevei, Cedrelopsis grevei Baill, Centaurea collina, Citrus aurantium, Citrus jambhiri, Citrus kinokuni, Citrus medica, Citrus paradisi, Citrus sinensis, Citrus sinensis cv.Valencia , Citrus sulcata, Citrus trifoliata, Citrus unshiu, Coriandrum sativum, Dendrobium aurantiacum var.denneanum, Dendrobium capillipes, Dendrobium catenatum, Dendrobium densiflorum, Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, Deverra tortuosa, Dictamnus albus, Dictamnus angustifolius, Duranta erecta, Duranta repens, Echinosophora koreensis, Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus, Philotheca myoporoides, Erythroxylum barbatum, Libanothamnus spectabilis, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia iberica, Fagara macrophylla , Ferula badhysi, Ferula linkii, Ferula oopoda , Forsythia suspensa , Fraxinus ornus, Garcinia multiflora , Gentiana kuroo, Gentiana kurroo , Gomortega keule, Tanacetum ferulaceum, Gonospermum fruticosum, Gonospermum gomerae, Haplophyllum ramosissimum, Haplophyllum thesioides, Hibiscus taiwanensis, Hortia longifolia, Jatropha curcas, Khaya ivorensis , Khaya senegalensis, Khaya senegalensis L. , Liriodendron tulipifera , Lugoa revoluta, Magnolia coco, Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia salicifolia, Melia azedarach, Melicope borbonica, Menyanthes trifoliata, Metalasia capitata, Microtropis japonica, Oldenlandia corymbosa, Olea capensis, Pericome caudata, Phebalium squamulosum, Phellodendron amurense , Phellodendron japonicum MAXIM, Pittosporum illicioides, Platymiscium yucatanum, Pterocaulon sphacelatum, Pueraria lobata , Pulicaria arabica, Catunaregam spinosa, Ranunculus laetus, Ranunculus sieboldii, Rubia wallichiana, Rubia wallichiana DECNE , Ruta angustifolia, Sarcandra glabra, Saussurea eopygmaea, Sida galheirensis, Skimmia laureola, Solanum dasyphyllum, Suaeda nudiflora, Tagetes lucida, Vahlia capensis, Aldama robusta, Zanthoxylum acanthopodium , Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, Zanthoxylum avicennae, Zanthoxylum beecheyanum, Zanthoxylum integrifoliolum, Zanthoxylum leprieurii, Zanthoxylum nitidum , Zanthoxylum schinifolium , Zanthoxylum simulans and Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides. It was first documented in 2019 (PMID: 30634079). This could make scoparone a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. |
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