PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Raíz.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Emética.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: The antiinflammatory and antipyretic activities of the petroleum ether extract (PEE), dichloromethane extract (DME) and methanol extract (ME1) of the aerial part of Psoralea glandulosa L. (Papilionaceae) were studied. The bioactivity-guided fractionation of the active extracts yielded the isolation of bakuchiol (Bk) from the petroleum ether as the active compound, cyclobakuchiols A and B (Cbk), and angelicin (Ang) from DME. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: Chile, Uruguay. 

1) GONZALEZ, Matías ; LOMBARDO, Atilio ; VALLARINO, Aida. Plantas de la medicina vulgar del Uruguay. Montevideo : Talleres Gráficos, 1937, p.47-48 .

2) Nadine Backhouse, C., et al. Active constituents isolated from Psoralea glandulosa L. with antiinflammatory and antipyretic activities Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2001, vol.78, nº1, p.27-31.