bakuchiol
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- Mass
- 256.183
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- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₂₄O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)C=CC1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C
- isomeric SMILES
- CC(=CCC[C@@](C)(C=C)/C=C/C1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C
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- Bakuchiol
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Bakuchiol is a meroterpenoid (a chemical compound having a partial terpenoid structure) in the class terpenophenol.
It was first isolated in 1966 by Mehta et al. from Psoralea corylifolia seed and was called Bakuchiol based on the Sanskrit name of the plant, Bakuchi. Bakuchiol is a meroterpene phenol abundant in and mainly obtained from the seeds of the Psoralea corylifolia plant, which is widely used in Indian Ayurveda to treat a variety of diseases. It has also been isolated from other plants, such as P. grandulosa, P. drupaceae, Ulmus davidiana, Otholobium pubescens, Piper longum and Aerva sangulnolenta Blum.