coumestan
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Noun
[edit]coumestan (plural coumestans)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a group of oxidation products of pterocarpan that are similar to coumarin.
- 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- We investigated the anti-hyperlipidemic effect and the underlying mechanism of wedelolactone, a plant-derived coumestan, in HepG2 cells and high-fat diet (HFD)−induced hyperlipidemic hamsters.