''Psoralea plicata'' is a herb species in the genus ''
Psoralea
''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and u ...
'' found in Pakistan.
''P. plicata'' contains
plicadin
Plicadin is a coumestan
Coumestan is a heterocyclic organic compound. Coumestan forms the central core of a variety of natural compounds known collectively as coumestans. Coumestans are oxidation products of pterocarpan that are similar to coum ...
, a coumestan and
plicatin A and
B, two hydroxycinnamic acids.
[Plicatin A and B, two phenolic cinnamates from Psoralea plicata. Nazli Rasool, Abdul Qasim Khan and Abdul Malik, Phytochemistry, Volume 29, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 3979-3981, ]
References
External links
''Psoralea plicata'' on www.efloras.org
Psoraleeae
Plants described in 1812
{{Faboideae-stub