Synonyms: bishydroxycoumarin | Melitoxin®
dicumarol is an approved drug (FDA (1944))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 isoform 1 inhibitor
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Summary of Clinical Use |
Until the the mid-1950s, this compound was used as a medicinal anticoagulant drug. This was replaced by its simpler derivative warfarin, and other 4-hydroxycoumarin drugs |
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects |
An oral anticoagulant that interferes with the metabolism of vitamin K; of combined plant and fungal origin |