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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
(+)-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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative 6 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.