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Psoralea bituminosa L.

Psoralea bituminosa L. is synonym of Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C. H. Stirt. Bituminaria bituminosa, the Arabian pea or pitch trefoil, is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus Bituminaria. The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of B. bituminosa.
It has several potential uses: (i) forage crop, (ii) Phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated or degraded soils, (iii) Synthesis of furanocoumarins (psoralen, angelicin, xanthotoxin and bergapten), compounds of broad pharmaceutical interest.
It is easily recognizable by the characteristic smell of bitumen from its leaves. This strong tar-like characteristic aroma appears to be the result of a combination of several substances such as phenolics, sulphurated compounds, sesquiterpenes and probably short-chain hydrocarbon. Total polyphenols content was < 2% and the condensed tannins was <0.8% in a dry weight basis.

Psoralea bituminosa L.
Research products of Psoralea bituminosa L.
Catalog Product Name CAS Number Manual
CFN92225Isopsoralenoside905954-18-9  n/a
CFN92224Psoralenoside905954-17-8  n/a
CFN972258-Geranyloxypsoralen7437-55-0  n/a
CFN97142Psoralen66-97-7  PDF
CFN986638-Hydroxy-5-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylpsoralen425680-98-4  n/a
CFN996318-(6-Hydroperoxy-3,7-dimethyl-2,7-octadienyloxy)psoralen 151121-39-0  PDF
CFN994858-(7-Hydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-2,5-octadienyloxy)psoralen144398-34-5  PDF
CFN98854Angelicin523-50-2  PDF
CFN98372Xanthotoxin298-81-7  PDF
CFN98592Psoralidin18642-23-4  PDF
CFN98733Astragalin480-10-4  PDF
CFN992816''-O-Acetylastragalin118169-27-0  PDF
CFN98400Isobavachin31524-62-6  PDF
CFN98007Bavachin19879-32-4  PDF
CFN98006Bavachinin19879-30-2  PDF
CFN92221Bavachalcone28448-85-3  PDF
CFN98593Isobavachalcone20784-50-3  PDF
CFN98902Corylin53947-92-5  PDF
CFN92223Isoneobavaisoflavone40357-43-5  PDF
CFN92222Neobavaisoflavone41060-15-5  PDF
CFN99047Bakuchiol10309-37-2  PDF
CFN97326Stigmasterol83-48-7  PDF
CFN98000Stigmasterol glucoside19716-26-8  PDF
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