dicoumarol

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dicoumarol

An oral anticoagulant drug now mainly used as a rat poison. Other more readily controllable coumarins, such as WARFARIN, are now used.

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Mae ffwng yn medru troi cwmarin i dicoumarol, sydd yn wrthgeulydd gwenwynig.

Dirgelwch deilen, a'r stwff sy'n rhoi'r arogl per ar wair; AIL NATUR

Examples for plant-derived compounds that served as lead structures and/or were chemically modified are salicylic acid (acetylsalicylic acid), morphine (scores of derivatives), camptothecin (topotecan and irinotecan), artemisinin (artemether), and dicoumarol (warfarin).

Plant-derived anti-inflammatory compounds: hopes and disappointments regarding the translation of preclinical knowledge into clinical progress

Dicoumarol activates Ca-permeable cation channels triggering erythrocyte cell membrane scrambling.

Stimulation of suicidal erythrocyte death by trans-cinnamaldehyde

Estos investigadores establecieron que este anticoagulante era el 3,3'-metilenobis-(4-hidroxicumarina), que mas tarde se conoceria como dicoumarol o bishidroxicumarina, y que seria el primer compuesto de esta familia de sustancias en ser comercializado.

Cincuenta anos de uso clinico de la warfarina

Ecarin test in diagnosis of dicoumarol therapy, liver diseases and DIC.

Toxinas de serpientes con alto potencial terapeutico y su uso en la biomedicina

If hay from sweetclover is not dried properly and becomes moldy, the coumarin is converted to dicoumarol. Dicoumarol reduces the blood-clotting ability of animals, which can result in death from internal or external bleeding.