7-Ethoxycoumarin

Chemical Properties

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Uses

7-Ethoxycoumarin is commonly used for metabolism studies, including hepatocyte studies, liver perfusion techniques and cytochrome P450 studies.
7-Ethoxycoumarin has been used to study the functional activity of recombinant P450. ) It has also been used as an internal standard for in vitro S-warfarin 7-hydroxylation and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis.

Uses

7-Ethoxycoumarin is a substrate for CYP2B6 used in fluorometric assays of microsomal monooxygenase activity.

Definition

ChEBI: 7-ethoxycoumarin is a member of the class of coumarins that is umbelliferone in which the hydroxy group at position 7 is replaced by an ethoxy group. It is an aromatic ether and a member of coumarins. It derives from an umbelliferone.

Biochem/physiol Actions

7-Ethoxycoumarin is a cytochrome P450 substrate.

Metabolism

7-Ethoxycoumarin is metabolized by many cytochrome P450 enzymes active in foreign compound metabolism and has been used as a prototypic substrate to monitor P450 (P450) activity in both hepatic and extrahepatic tissues.
The in vitro perfusion of the human placental lobule with 7-ethoxycoumarin gives 7-hydroxycoumarin, and perfusion with androstenedione gives the conversion products, estrone, estradiol, and testosterone. The human placenta has only a limited capacity for the metabolism of xenobiotics.
Use of 7-Ethoxycoumarin to Monitor Multiple Enzymes in the Human CYP1, CYP2, and CYP3 Families