Coumarin has wide application fields and bright market prospects

Coumarin, also known as 1,2-benzopyrone and o-naphthalene, is a lactone compound that mainly appears as sublimable white crystals and was first discovered in 1813. Coumarin is widely found in plantain, Ligusticum chuanxiong, tonka bean, peach kernel, angelica, vanilla and other plants, and is an important spice. Coumarin has biological activities such as anti-inflammation, anticoagulation, anti-tumor, anti-HIV virus, and promotion of plant growth. Currently, there are a variety of pharmaceutical products containing coumarin on the market, such as hydroxymethylcoumarin tablets and Querke. Rutin coumarin tablets, etc.

Coumarin was first synthesized in 1868. Today’s industry still uses the original method of synthesizing coumarin, which uses salicylaldehyde and acetic anhydride to perform a heating reaction in the presence of a catalyst, followed by multiple processes such as washing, distillation, crystallization, and drying. Coumarin is produced. This production process has many steps and a long production process, but the purity of the coumarin produced is higher.

According to the “China Coumarin Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center It has a lemongrass aroma and a slight medicinal aroma. Its unique smell is favored in the field of fragrance and essence. Coumarin is the main component of fougere perfume, which establishes the main atmosphere of fougere fragrance. Fougere perfume is the first perfume in the world to add artificial flavors, marking the beginning of the modern perfume industry. Today, coumarin is still widely used as a fixative and deodorant in the field of flavors and fragrances. In addition, coumarin is also active as a flavoring agent in beverages, food, cigarettes, plastic products, rubber products and other fields.

Compared with other plant extracts, coumarin has unique fluorescence and often displays blue fluorescence under ultraviolet light. In recent years, with the development of technology, academic circles have discovered that the fluorescence properties of coumarin can be affected by changing its molecular structure. This discovery explores the application value of coumarin in the field of fluorescence detection. Nowadays, coumarin has become one of the most commonly used fluorescent markers in academic research experiments due to its advantages such as easy synthesis and derivatization, stable structure, small molecular weight, and low price.

Coumarin is toxic, and large amounts of coumarin can cause severe headaches, vomiting, dizziness, and insomnia. At present, the country has issued a policy that strictly prohibits coumarin from appearing in food and beverages as a food additive. This policy has had a certain impact on the development of the coumarin industry.

Industry analysts said that coumarin has a wide range of application fields. It is expected that in the future, as the application value continues to be explored, the market prospects of coumarin will increase. There was light. Coumarin companies should increase investment in research and development, optimize production processes, improve product quality and production efficiency, and develop collaboratively with upstream and downstream industries to jointly create a complete coumarin industry chain. At the same time, coumarin companies should increase publicity, strengthen brand building, seize development opportunities, and cultivate potential market demand.