Psoralea corylifolia
Psoralea corylifolia
Author : L.
Family : Fabaceae

Habit: Undershrub
Sanskrit: Vakuchi, Bakuchi, Suparnika, Shashilekha, Somraji, Krishnaphala, Avalguja, Putiphali, Kushthaghni, Kalameshi
English: Babchi seeds
 
Description
An erect annual herb, 0.5-1 m high, with grooved and gland-dotted stems and branches, broadly-elliptic or ovate leaves, small, purplish-violet flowers, in axillary racemes and ovoid-oblong, compressed, mucronate, dark brown to black indehiscent pods containing solitary, smooth, flattened, dark brown, reniform seeds having an agreeable aroma and taste.
Useful part

Fruits, seeds, seed oil
Medicinal Uses
leucoderma, ulcers, scabies, leprosy, psoriasis, eczema, mucomembranous disorders, inflammatory diseases of the skin, bone therapy, skin diseases, cancer, hair tonic
Major chemical constituents

Raffinose, psoralen, isopsoralen (angelicin), corylifolean, corylifolin, corylifolinin, psoralidin, isopsoralidin, bakuchiol, bavachin, isobavachin, 7-0-methyl bavachin, bavachinin, 4-0-methylbavachalcone, isobavachalcone, neobavaisoflavone, bavachromene, triacontane, β-sitosterol-D-glucoside, corylidin, bavachalcone, neobavachalcone, bakuchalcone, isoneobavachalcone, psoralidin-2,3-oxide, diacetate, stigmasterol, psoralone, isopsoralone, corylin, corylinal, psoralenol, limonene, β-carophylenoxide, 4 terpineol, linalool, geranylacetate, angelicin, psoralene, daidzein, trilaurin, coumesterol, sitosterol