Hymecromone

• 4- methylumbelliferone
• β -methylumbelliferone
• IUPAC: 7- hydroxy-4- methylcoumarin

A05AX02

White to yellowish crystals

Spasmolytic

194-195 ° C

7.83

• Practically insoluble in cold water
• Soluble in glacial acetic acid and methanol

Attention

3850 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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Hymecromone (INN), and 4- methylumbelliferone, a methyl- derivative of umbelliferone.

It is used as a drug (as choleretic and musculotropic spasmolytic ) and as light or sunscreens because it absorbs ultraviolet radiation. It is also used in the fluorescence analysis.

Trade names

Cholspasmin (D), Chol - Spasmoletten (D), Unichol (A)