Some Important Coumarin Derivatives and Their Pharmacological Activities

Coumarins occupy an important position in the area of natural products and synthetic organic chemistry due to their various applications. Owing to the wide spectrum of biological activities like anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti HIV etc, coumarin and its derivatives have attracted organic chemists to research on it. Besides isolation from natural sources, several new pharmacologically potential coumarins have been synthesized in laboratories. This review article provides recent informations and pharmacological activities of some important coumarins either fused or linked with heterocycle scaffolds.