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umbelliferone
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umbelliferone, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
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