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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOBAVACHALCONE 2 Seed not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBAVACHALKONE 0 Seed not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBAVACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOCORYLIFONOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOBAVACHALCONE 0 Seed not available 33.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOBAVACHALKONE 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
ISOPSORALEN 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPSORALEN 8 Root not available 126.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPSORALEN 8 Seed not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPSORALIDIN 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIMONENE 60 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
LINALOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 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
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAVACHALCONE 0 Seed not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAVACHALKONE 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
NEOBAVAISOFLAVONE 3 Fruit not available 512.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAVAISOFLAVONE 3 Seed not available 245.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Fruit not available 9867.0 2.24 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Antibacterial 6 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 Duke, 1992 *