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Glucoside of o-coumaric acid (bound coumarin), which occurs as a precursor of coumarin e.g. in Galium odoratum(woodruff) or also in sweet clover (Meliolotus officinalis). After enzymatic hydrolysis (e.g. during wilting), the genuinely present trans-coumaric acid is isomerized in UV light to cis-coumaric acid (coumaric acid), which is then transformed in cyclized form (lactonized) to coumarin. Only then does the aromatic odor typical of woodruff develop.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles
