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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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 *
1-DEHYDRO-3-HYDROXYBAKUCHIOL 0 Seed 425.0 *
2',4-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXY-5'-FORMYLCHALCONE 0 Seed *
2,3-EPOXYBAKUCHIOL 0 Seed 475.0 *
3-C-PRENYL-DAIDZEIN 0 Seed =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 275.0 *
4',5'-(2,2'-DIMETHYLCHROMENO)-ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 0 Seed =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 1.3 *
4-O-METHYLBAVACHALCONE 0 Seed =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 =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 *
7-O-METHYLBAVACHIN 0 Seed =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 =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 *
ANGELICIN 17 Cotyledon *
ANGELICIN 17 Hull Husk *
ANGELICIN 17 Leaf *
ANGELICIN 17 Pericarp *
ANGELICIN 17 Root *
ANGELICIN 17 Seed 566.0 4300.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Carminative 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 3 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Contraceptive 1 *
Convulsant 1 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 *
Culicide 1 *
Cytotoxic 5 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Cytotoxic (Breast) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 *
Diuretic 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.