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Glucoside of coumaric acid (so-called bound coumarin). Melilotoside occurs as a precursor of coumarin, e.g. in Galium odoratum or in Melilotus officinalis, the true sweet clover . When the plants wilt, an enzymatic cleavage of the molecule occurs. Under the influence of UV light, the genuinely present trans-coumaric acid is isomerized into cis-coumaric acid (= coumaric acid), which is then converted into the cyclic coumarin.
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