The seeds of Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (Fabaceae) have been used extensively as a remedy for leucoderma and Vitiligo. A number of compounds have been isolated from the seeds like furocoumarins, chalcones, flavonoids, terpenoids etc.. We have reported the cytotoxic and antitumour properties of the hexane extract of the seeds of P.corylifolia. The present investigation reports the identification...

By Assistant Surgeon A. "Wood, M.D. Reading somewhere, a short time ago, an article on the diagnosis between white leprosy and leucoderma, which then greatly interested me, I was soon afterwards gratified by having to treat a case of the latter, so well marked, as perhaps to justify my offering a few remarks thereon, in the hope that they may prove as acceptable to others, as the actual observa...

The normal skin is from 0.5 to 10 millimetres thick, varying from place to place in the body, and consists of two layers, the epidermis and the dermis. The more superficial layer of the skin is the avascular epidermis which consists of stratified epithelium accurately moulded on the papillae of the corium , or true skinThe lowest or the deepest layer of the epidermis is known as the basal layer...

derma is mainly empirical and is rarely attended by satisfactory results. Many years of experience of treating hundreds of cases at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine has led us to place our faith in external application of the oil extracted from the seeds of Psoralia corylijolia and known as bouchi oil, together with internal administration of intestinal antiseptics, but although persist...

The Psoralea corylifolia is commonly known as babchi or bakuchi, used to cure psoriasis, leprosy, leucoderma, diabetes, indigestion, constipation, cardiac failure, coughs, asthma and osteoporosis. The present study was aimed to investigate the Physico-chemical and preliminary phytochemical screening of Psoralea corylifolia seeds. The extracts of Psoralea corylifolia seeds were prepared using di...