Umbelliferone

Definition of Umbelliferone

Um`bel`lif´er`one
n.1.(Chem.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in analytical biochemistry, as, for exmple, to detect phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.
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Ultramundane
Ultrared
Ultratropical
Ultraviolet
Ultrazodiacal
Ultroneous
Ulula
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Umbellic
Umbellic acid
Umbellifer
-Umbelliferone-
Umbelliferous
Umbellularia
Umbellule
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Umbilic
Umbilical
Umbilical cord
Umbilical hernia
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Umbilical vesicle
Umbilicate
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Umbilicus
Umble pie
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Umbo
Umbonate
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