title: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies on the GenusPsoralea: A Mini Review.
abstract: The genusPsoralea, which belongs to the family Fabaceae, comprisesca.130 species distributed all over the world, and some of the plants are used as folk medicine to treat various diseases.Psoralea corylifoliais a typical example, whose seeds have been widely used in many traditional Chinese medicine formulas for the treatment of various diseases such as leucoderma and other skin diseases, cardiovascular diseases, nephritis, osteoporosis, and cancer. So, the chemical and pharmacological studies on this genus were performed in the past decades. Here, we give a mini review on this genus about its phytochemical and pharmacological studies from 1910 to 2015.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Cong-Cong
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4941-6598
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Teng-Long
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Qun
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7201-9307
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Qiang
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Yue-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2662-4140
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China; College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3594-0495
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li