Meroterpenoids-V : Psoralea corylifolia Linn.- 4. 2,3-Epoxybakuchiol, Δ1,3-Hydroxybakuchiol, and Δ3,2-Hydroxybakuchiol

Malti-Chem Research Centre, Nandesan, Vadodara

Manuscript received 21 October 1997

It has been found that besides the meroterpene bakuchiol, first reported in 1966 in the pericarp of seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, three oxygenated derivatives also occur, and these have been identified as 2,3-epoxybakuchiol, Δ¹,3-hydroxybakuchiol, and Δ³,2- hydroxylbakuchiol.