Description
3-Hydroxycoumarin is an inhibitor of tyrosinase and lipoxygenase with an IC50 for recombinant human tyrosinase (rHT) of 26 µM, and a Ki of 3.39 µM; its IC50 for LOX is 9.5 µM. 3-Hydroxycoumarin has DPPH free radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 31.2 µM). 3-Hydroxycoumarin has photoprotective effects on sea urchin zygotes and embryos[1][2][3][4]