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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
ASTRAGALIN 7 Seed not available 2.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHALCONE 0 Seed not available 8.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHALKONE 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
BAKUCHICHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Sun, N. J., Woo, S. H., Cassady, J. M., Snapka, R. M. 1998. DNA Polymerase and Topoisomerase II Inhibitors From Psoralea corylifolia. J Natural Products, 61: 362-366.
BAKUCHICIN 1 Fruit not available 5033.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHICIN 1 Seed not available 992.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHIOL 15 Fruit not available 1967.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHIOL 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHIOL 15 Seed 1.2 54500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAKUCHIOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAVACHALKONE 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.
BAVACHIN 1 Seed not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAVACHININ 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAVACHROMANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAVACHROMENE 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.
BAVACOUMESTAN-A 0 Seed not available 7.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAVACOUMESTAN-B 0 Seed not available 2.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE 6 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
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Herbicide 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic 2 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.