Warfarin

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Structure of Warfarin.

Warfarin is a an anticoagulant medication used prophylactically to suppress the formation of thrombosis and embolism. It was originally designed to be a rat poison. It works as an anticogulant by suppressing the enzyme epoxide reductase in the liver, thereby suppresing the formation of the reduced form of vitamine K epoxiide, which is needed for the synthesis of many coagulation factors.

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