Structured Summary
Abstract
Polycyclic compounds consisting of a furan ring fused with coumarin. They commonly occur in PLANTS, especially UMBELLIFERAE and RUTACEAE, as well as PSORALEA.
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Furanocoumarin
- Furanocoumarins
- Furocoumarin
- Angelicins
- Psoralens
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27 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse entry term PSORALENS with the specific drug PSORALEN see FICUSIN; do not index here for psoralens in PUVA THERAPY unless particularly discussed
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History Note
2015 (1979)
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Previous Indexing
- Coumarins (1966-1978)
- Furans (1966-1978)
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QV 60
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Furocoumarins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011564. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011564
- Furocoumarins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furanocoumarin
- Furocoumarins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q414774