furanocoumarin
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The furanocoumarins, or furocoumarins, are a class of organic chemical compounds produced by a variety of plants. Most of the plant species found to contain furanocoumarins belong to a handful of plant families. The families Apiaceae and Rutaceae (citrus family) include the largest numbers of plant species that contain furanocoumarins. The families Moraceae and Fabaceae include a few widely distributed plant species that contain furanocoumarins.
Research
7,287 papers- Flavonoids and Furanocoumarins Involved in Drug Interactions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Isoimperatorin, a natural furanocoumarin, ameliorates ulcerative colitis by inducing Treg cell generation and promoting mucosal healing.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
- Phytochemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Psoralen - A Bioactive Furanocoumarin from Psoralea corylifolia Linn.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2023
- [Synthesis of Furanocoumarin, Benzofuran and Coumarin Derivatives Possessing an Inhibitory Effect on Human CYP, and Elucidation of the Inhibitory Mechanism].Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · 2017
- Furanocoumarin derivatives inhibit MRGPRX2-mediated pseudo-allergy.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2026
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The furanocoumarins, or furocoumarins, are a class of organic chemical compounds produced by a variety of plants. Most of the plant species found to contain furanocoumarins belong to a handful of plant families. The families Apiaceae and Rutaceae (citrus family) include the largest numbers of plant species that contain furanocoumarins. The families Moraceae and Fabaceae include a few widely distributed plant species that contain furanocoumarins.
Generally, furanocoumarins are most abundant in plants that have flowered and in ripe seeds and fruits. (An exception is the common fig where furanocoumarins are found chiefly in the milky sap of the leaves and shoots but not the fruits.) During the early stages of plant growth, their presence is not easily detected.
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