The present invention relates to the albumin-guided development of
coumarin analogs and the analogs developed thereby. The coumarin analogs
of the present invention are identified and isolated by the fact that
they have binding sites to albumin which are different than the binding
sites of conventional coumarin analogs such as sodium warfarin, and as a
result will be less prone to be displaced since the binding site of
sodium warfarin is shared by numerous drugs such as aspirin. The coumarin
analogs of the invention are advantageous because they can achieve the
effects of the prior coumarin analogs with a minimum of metabolic
complications and undesirable side effects.