Coumadin
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- For the rodenticide class of anticoagulant poisons sometimes loosely referred to as coumadins or coumarins, see 4-hydroxycoumarins4-Hydroxycoumarins4-Hydroxycoumarins are a class of vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant drug molecules derived from coumarin by adding a hydroxy group at the 4 position to obtain "4-hydroxycoumarin" , then adding a large aromatic substituent at the 3-position 4-Hydroxycoumarins are a class of vitamin K antagonist...
. - For the pharmaceutical with the trade name Coumadin, see warfarinWarfarinWarfarin is an anticoagulant. It is most likely to be the drug popularly referred to as a "blood thinner," yet this is a misnomer, since it does not affect the thickness or viscosity of blood...
. - For the coagulation-inactive perfume agent and defense-chemical in plants which is the synthetic basis for the above chemicals, see coumarinCoumarinCoumarin is a fragrant chemical compound in the benzopyrone chemical class, found in many plants, notably in high concentration in the tonka bean , vanilla grass , sweet woodruff , mullein , sweet grass , cassia cinnamon and sweet clover...
. This compound name is often confused with the others.