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Plant Psoralea corylifolia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-BAKUCHIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-DEHYDRO-3-HYDROXYBAKUCHIOL 0 Seed not available 425.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',4-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXY-5'-FORMYLCHALCONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-EPOXYBAKUCHIOL 0 Seed not available 475.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-C-PRENYL-DAIDZEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
3-DEHYDRO-2-HYDROXYBAKUCHIOL 0 Seed not available 275.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4',5'-(2,2'-DIMETHYLCHROMENO)-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-O-METHYLBAVACHALCONE 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
4-TERPINEOL 8 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
5'-FORMYL-2',4-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXY-CHALCONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-O-METHYLBAVACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ALPHA-ELEMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Seed 566.0 4300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *