2.5 Coumarin and Furanocoumarin Glycosides
Generally, couramin and its derivativces furanocoumarin are found to be present in a plethora of naturally occuring plants. Nevertheless, the coumarin is presnet either in the free state or its corresponding glycosides form in nature, but it has been observed that the former being most common.
The two different types of glycosides of this group shall be discussed separately under the following heads:
