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Furocoumarins

Known as: Furanocoumarin, Furocoumarins [Chemical/Ingredient], Furocoumarin 
A class of organic phytochemicals that consists of a furan ring fused with coumarin. Furanocoumarins are produced by plants as defensive toxins and… 
National Institutes of Health

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1-thiopsoralen3-carbethoxyangelicin3-chloro-4-dimethylaminothioangelicin4',5'-dihydropsoralen

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Dermatologic AgentsDyesPhotosensitizing AgentsPlant Extracts
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Differential transcript induction of parsley pathogenesis-related proteins and of a small heat shock protein by ozone and heat shock
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) is known to respond to pathogen attack by the synthesis of furanocoumarins and to UV… 
2004
2004
The effect of selected allelochemicals on germination of conidia and blastospores and mycelial growth of the entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes)
Selected allelochemicals that protect plants from invasion by plant pathogenic fungi were investigated for their activity against… 
2000
2000
Bioactive coumarin derivatives from the fern Cyclosorus interruptus.
Three new coumarin derivatives, compounds 1-3, three new furanocoumarins, compounds 4-6, and a novel dioxocane derivative… 
1999
1999
Ascorbic and uric acid responses to xanthotoxin ingestion in a generalist and a specialist caterpillar
For herbivorous insects, dietary sources of low molecular weight non-enzymatic antioxidants, such as ascorbic acid, may influence… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Cost Of Chemically Defending Seeds: Furanocoumarins And Pastinaca Sativa
The notion that plant chemical defense exacts a cost in terms of fitness remains a fundamental premise of theories of plant… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Mechanisms of photodynamic effects of furocoumarins.
  • Potapenko AYa
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B…
  • 1991
  • Corpus ID: 11270021
The photosensitizing action of furocoumarins on biological systems occurs by both an oxygen-independent pathway, which involves… 
1990
1990
Impact of atmospheric pollution on linear furanocoumarin content in celery
In a series of laboratory studies, a single 4-hr acidic fog at pH levels associated with commercial celery (Apium graveolens L… 
1986
1986
MUTAGENIC EFFECTS PHOTOINDUCED IN MAMMALIAN CELLS IN VITRO BY TWO MONOFUNCTIONAL PYRIDOPSORALENS
Abstract— The photobiological activity of the two monofunctional pyridopsoralens pyrido (3,4‐c) psoralen (PyPs) and 7‐methyl… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Differential response of cultured parsley cells to elicitors from two non-pathogenic strains of fungi. 2. Effects on enzyme activities.
Parsley cell cultures produce linear furanocoumarins and the linear benzodipyrandione, graveolone, in response to treatment with… 
1969
1969
Coumarins. X. Spectral studies on some linear furanocoumarins.
Observations on the IR, UV, and NMR spectral data of some substituted psoralen-type linear furanocoumarins are presented as an… 
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