title: Natural coumarins as a novel class of neuroprotective agents.
abstract: Neurodegenerative disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases and are among the most invaliding syndromes for humans. The aim of this manuscript is to review what has been reported so far in the literature about coumarins as a novel class of pharmacologically active compounds in chemoprevention and/or therapy of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università "G. D'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti Scalo, Italy. fepifano@unich.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Epifano
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curini
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Menghini
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Genovese
mesh_terms: D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011564:Furocoumarins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C461443:7-isopentenyloxycoumarin; D003374:Coumarins; D011564:Furocoumarins; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; C105671:fraxetin; C031534:imperatorin