Psoralea corylifolia L.
Psoralea corylifolia L.
Psoralea corylifolia L.
Psoralea corylifolia L.
Psoralea corylifolia L.
MH061 : Psoralea corylifolia L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 149 |
| Synonym | : | Cullen corylifolia (L.) Medik. ; Cullen corylifolius (L.) Medik. ; Lotodes corylifolia (L.) Kuntze; Lotodes corylifolium (L.) Kuntze; Psoralea patersoniae Schonl.; Psoralea pattersoniae Schönland; Trifolium unifolium Forssk. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bawchi, Psoralea Seed, Malay Tea, Cot Chu, Ku Tzu Malaysia, Scurf-pea, Malaysian Scurfpea, P'o Ku Chih, Pha Cot Chi, Bemchi, Babachi; Bakuchi, Bvalguja, Bakuchi, Chanderlekha, Chanderprabha, Kusthahantri, Sitavari, Somraji, Krishnaphala. |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect annual, 60-125 cm tall. Stem pubescent and brown punctate. Leaf alternate, unifoliolate, petiole c. 2 mm long, rachis 1-4.5 cm long, lamina 3.7-7.5 cm long, 2.5-5.0 cm broad, cordate, subovate rarely ovate, margin dentate, tip obtuse, subtruncate, mucronate, pubescent and nigro-punctate on both sides, stipules lanceolate, persistent, 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence a peduncled raceme, peduncle 1.5-7.0 cm long, 3 flowers in the axil of each bract, bracts 2-3 mm long. Pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip 3-4 mm long, formed of 4 teeth, lower lip 4-5 mm long, formed of 1 tooth, pubescent and punctate. Vexillum 5-6 mm long. Fruit 4.5 mm, ovoid, glabrous, black, pitted, mucronate. Fl.Per.: August-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In cultivated fields and wastelands around villages sites |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases, chemo-protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial. Seeds of this plant are anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, aphrodisiac, astringent, cardiac, cytotoxic, stimulant and diuretic in nature. Leprosy destroyer., leucoderma, skin rash and infections associated with skin. blood purifier; Anti-cancer (Pahari et al., 2016) |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Bakuchiol; raffinose; limonene; alpha-elemene; gamma-elemene;
beta-caryophyllene oxide; 4-terpineol; linalool; geranyl acetate; Psoralen;
Iso-psoralen; Psoralenoside; Iso-psoralenoside; Psoralenol; angelicin; Bakuchiol; Psoralidin; Corylifonol; Isocorylifonol; Corylifolean; Corylifolin; Corylifolinin; bakuchicin; psoralidin; isopsoralidin; bavachin; isobavachin; bavachinin; bavachalcone; isobavachalcone; 7-O-methyl bavachin; bavachromanol; corylin; corylidin; corylinal; 4-O-methyl bavachalcone; neobavaisoflavone; bavachromene; neobavachalcone; bakuchalcone; isoneobavachalcone; psoralone; isopsoralone; psoralidin-2,3-oxide diacetate; astragalin; p-hydroxybenzoic acid; stigmasterol; triaconate; Beta-sitosterol-d-glucoside; Bavacoumestans A and Bavacoumestans B; Sophoracoumestan A; corylinin; Raffinose; diadzein; trilaurin; coumesterol; angelicin; Beta-sitosterol;
Bavachanin; corylfolinin;
corylinal; neobavaisoflavone; bavachromanol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (11): Beta-sitosterol; Flavone; Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene oxide; Stigmasterol; Geranyl acetate; Limonene; Linalool; P-Hydroxybenzoic acid; Psoralen; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Pahari, P., Saikia, U. P., Das, T. P., Damodaran, C., and Rohr, J. (2016). Synthesis of psoralidin derivatives and their anticancer activity: first synthesis of lespeflorin l1. Tetrahedron 72, 3324 3334. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.04.066
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012290 |
| Reference | : | ~ Fang Liu, Nan-Xia Xuan, Song-Min Ying, Wen Li, Zhi-Hua Chen and Hua-Hao Shen; "Herbal Medicines for Asthmatic Inflammation: From Basic Researches to Clinical Applications"; Mediators of Inflammation (2016); Article ID 6943135, 12 pages PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : ~ Anupama Thapliyal, Roop Krishen Khar, Amrish Chandra; "Overview of Cancer and Medicinal Herbs used for Cancer Therapy"; Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (2018); 12(1): S1-8 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Psoralea |
| Species | : Psoralea corylifolia L. |