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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PSORALEN 31 Hull Husk *
PSORALEN 31 Leaf *
PSORALEN 31 Pericarp *
PSORALEN 31 Root 103.0 0.66 *
PSORALEN 31 Seed 792.0 5000.0 1.41 *
PSORALENOL 0 Seed *
PSORALIDENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PSORALIDIN 3 Seed 190.0 *
PSORALIDIN-2,3'-OXIDE-DIACETATE 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
PSORALIDIN-OXIDE 0 Seed 4.0 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed 3500.0 -0.63 *
RESIN 0 Seed 86000.0 0.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SITOSTEROL 0 Root =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
SOPHORACOUMESTAN-A 0 Seed 7.0 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 50.0 -0.47 *
TRIACONTANE 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
TRILAURIN 0 Root 521.0 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed *
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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.