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oxygen containing heterocyclic compound, obtainable naturally from several plants, or produced synthetically from an amino acid of phenylalanine; it is used for the preparation of drugs especially anticoagulants such as bishydroxycoumarin (dicoumarol) and warfarin (coumadin); coumarin glycosides such as dicoumarol and warfarin, are widely used as rodenticides.
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