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Melilotoside

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Glucoside of coumaric acid (so-called bound coumarin). Melilotoside occurs as a precursor of coumarin e.g. in Galium odoratum or in Melilotus officinalis, the true me lilot. When the plants wither, an enzymatic splitting of the molecule occurs. Under the influence of UV light, the genuinely present trans-cumaric acid isomerizes into cis-cumaric acid (= coumarin acid), which is then converted into cyclic coumarin.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles