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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
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
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.