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STUDIES by Mead et al. 1 on the metabolic fate of coumarin and related compounds in rabbits showed that o-coumaric acid was partly converted to 4-hydroxycoumarin while coumarin was converted neither to o-coumaric acid nor to 4-hydroxycoumarin.
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BELLIS, D. Metabolism of Coumarin and Related Compounds in Cultures of Penicillium Species. Nature 182, 806–807 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182806a0
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