4-Hydroxycoumarin

4-Hydroxycoumarin, a coumarin derivative.4-Hydroxycoumarin serves as an immediate precursor of 4-hydroxycoumarin (4HC) type anticoagulants (for example, warfarin) . 4-Hydroxycoumarin derivatives are employed as the anticoagulant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antitumor, antiprotozoal, insecticidal, antimycobacterial, antimutagenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory agents, HIV protease inhibitors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors.