Description | Umbelliferone, also known as 7-hydroxycoumarin or hydrangin, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as 7-hydroxycoumarins. These are coumarins that contain one or more hydroxyl groups attached to the C7 position the coumarin skeleton. Umbelliferone is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Umbelliferone is found, on average, in the highest concentration within anises and beers. Umbelliferone has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as common buckwheats, sweet oranges, red beetroots, kohlrabis, and wild celeries. This could make umbelliferone a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Umbelliferone is found in Abies nephrolepis, Acacia ehrenbergiana , Achillea biebersteinii , Adonis amurensis , Adonis tienschanicus, Aegle marmelos , Aesculus hippocastanum, Ageratina adenophora, Allium rotundum, Aloe arborescens, Althaea officinalis, Ammi majus, Foeniculum vulgare , Angelica anomala, Angelica archangelica, Angelica dahurica , Angelica decursiva, Angelica furcijuga KITAGAWA, Angelica genuflexa, Angelica gigas , Angelica japonica, Angelica keiskei, Angelica pubescens, Angelica pubescens f.biserrata , Angelica spp., Apium spp., Aralia fargesii, Artemisia abrotanum, Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia alba, Artemisia anomala, Artemisia assoana, Artemisia gmelinii, Artemisia jacutica, Artemisia laciniata, Artemisia lactiflora, Artemisia marschalliana, Artemisia minor, Artemisia mongolica, Artemisia ordosica, Artemisia palustris, Artemisia santolinifolia, Artemisia scotina, Artemisia tridentata, Artemisia vestita, Artemisia xanthochroa, Asterolasia phebalioides, Astragalus brachycarpus, Astragalus onobrychis, Atalantia buxifolia, Atalantia racemosa, Atractylodes macrocephala, Atropa belladonna , Ayapana triplinervis, Baccharis trinervis, Bidens tripartita, Biebersteinia heterostemon, Biebersteinia orphanidis, Bistorta officinalis, Boenninghausenia albiflora, Breonadia salicina, Brosimum gaudichaudii, Butea monosperma, Cacalia hastata, Calendula officinalis, Callisia fragrans, Caltha palustris , Camellia sinensis, Caragana frutex, Caragana spinosa, Carthamus tinctorius, Casimiroa edulis, Centaurea solstitialis, Chaetanthera chilensis, Chamaecyparis formosensis, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Chamomilla rectita, Chaptalia integerrima, Glebionis coronaria, Glebionis segetum, Chuquiraga ulicina, Cicer arietinum, Cicuta virosa, Citrus aurantium, Citrus bergamia , Citrus hassaku, Citrus medica, Citrus natsudaidai, Citrus paradisi , Citrus sinensis, Citrus sinensis cv.Valencia , Citrus sulcata, Poncirus trifoliata , Clausena anisata , Clausena anisum-olens, Clausena excavata , Clausena lansium, Copaifera langsdorffii , Coriandrum sativum, Coronilla scorpioides, Coronilla vaginalis, Coronilla valentina, Coronilla varia , Crataegus flava, Cruciata taurica, Daphne acutiloba, Daphne bholua, Daphne genkwa, Daphne mezereum, Daphne odora, Daphne odora Thunb. , Daphne oleoides, Daphne oleoides ssp. oleoides , Deutzia corymbosa, Deverra triradiata, Hydrangea febrifuga, Dictamnus albus, Dictamnus angustifolius, Diplostephium ericoides, Dipteryx odorata, Disynaphia multicrenulata, Dorstenia brasiliensis , Dorstenia excentrica, Dorstenia turbinata, Edgeworthia chrysantha, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Eryngium campestre, Eucalyptus viminalis, Tetradium glabrifolium, Euphorbia humifusa, Euphorbia maculata, Falcaria vulgaris, Fatoua pilosa, Ferula assa-foetida , Ferula diversivittata, Ferula gigantea, Ferula gummosa, Ferula iliensis, Ferula kokanica, Ferula kopetdagensis, Ferula litwinowiana, Ferula marmarica, Ferula microloba, Ferula moschata, Ferula persica, Ferula spp., Ferula szovitsiana , Ferula tadshikorum, Ferulopsis hystrix, Ficus cunninghamii, Ficus nervosa, Ficus septica, Ginkgo biloba , Glehnia littoralis, Gypothamnium pinifolium, Haldina cordifolia, Haplophyllum patavinum, Haplophyllum villosum, Harbouria trachypleura, Helichrysum maracandicum, Helminthotheca comosa, Heracleum candicans, Heracleum candicans WALL. , Heracleum dissectum, Heracleum granatense, Heracleum grandiflorum, Heracleum lehmannianum, Heracleum pastinacifolium, Heracleum spp., Naringi crenulata, Homo sapiens, Hydrangea chinensis, Hydrangea macrophylla, Hydrangea macrophylla Ser.var.thunbergii Makino. , Hydrangea paniculata , Hydrangea serrata, Hydrangea vestita, Inula helenium L. , Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea nil, Juniperus chinensis, Juniperus drupacea, Justicia pectoralis, Kalanchoe laciniata, Khaya ivorensis , Rhododendron tomentosum, Leontopodium nanum, Ligusticum multivittatum, Lomatia hirsuta, Maclura tricuspidata, Mandragora autumnalis , Matricaria chamomilla , Matricaria matricarioides, Melicope hayesii, Melicope semecarpifolia, Melilotus alba, Melilotus albus, Melilotus indicus, Melilotus suaveolens , Metrodorea nigra, Micromelum ceylanicum, Morus alba, Morus cathayana, Morus mongolica, Murraya koenigii, Murraya paniculata, Murraya siamensis, Nassauvia aculeata, Nicotiana tabacum, Onobrychis kemularia, Onobrychis kemulariae, Parastrephia quadrangularis, Peddiea fischeri, Peucedanum bourgaei Lange in Wilk.et Lange., Peucedanum praeruptorum, Peucedanum praeruptorum DUNN., Phebalium squamulosum, Phellodendron amurense , Phellodendron chinense, Phellodendron japonicum MAXIM, Philotheca fitzgeraldii, Phlojodicarpus sibiricus, Physochlaina physaloides, Picea neoveitchii, Picramnia antidesma , Picramnia hirsuta, Picramnia latifolia, Picramnia teapensis, Picramnia teapensis Tul., Pileostegia viburnoides var. glabrescens, Pimpinella spp., Pinus armandii, Platanus hispanica, Platytaenia dasycarpa, Pleiospermium alatum, Poa huecu, Polygonatum orientale, Portulaca oleracea, Potentilla argentea, Potentilla erecta, Prangos ferulacea, Prangos latiloba, Prangos lophoptera, Prangos uloptera, Prunella vulgaris, Prunus prostrata, Pseudobrickellia angustissima, Pteryxia terebinthina, Rhadinothamnus anceps, Rhinacanthus nasutus, Rhodiola coccinea, Rhodiola heterodonta, Rhodiola sacra, Rhododendron dauricum, Rhododendron lepidotum, Rhododendron spinuliferum, Ruta chalepensis , Ruta graveolens , Ruta montana, Saussurea laniceps, Saussurea superba, Scapholeberis mucronata, Securigera elegans, Securigera securidaca, Sedum ewersii, Semenovia dasycarpa, Seseli webbii Cosson., Severinia buxifolia , Sinacalia tangutica, Skimmia japonica, Skimmia laureola, Skimmia reevesiana, Solanum dasyphyllum, Sophora flavescens, Stellera chamaejasme, Stellera chamaejasme L. , Streptomyces cellulosae, Tagetes lucida, Tordylium apulum , Trifolium pratense , Triphasia trifolia, Triptilion spinosum, Tuber melanosporum, Uncaria hirsuta, Vahlia capensis, Viburnum cylindricum, Viburnum dilatatum, Viburnum wrightii, Vicia sativa , Vitis vinifera, Wikstroemia canescens, Wikstroemia elliptica, Yponomeuta mahalebellus, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, Zanthoxylum armatum, Zanthoxylum beecheyanum, Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, Zanthoxylum schinifolium , Zanthoxylum wutaiense and Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides. It was first documented in 2013 (PMID: 23224618). A hydroxycoumarin that is coumarin substituted by a hydroxy group ay position 7 (PMID: 30634079). |
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