Title:Biological Importance of Flavonoid Bavachinin in the Medicine:
Perspectives of Medicinal Importance, Pharmacological Activities and
Analytical Techniques
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Author(s): Kanika Patel and Dinesh Kumar Patel*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences,
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Keywords:
Flavonoid, bavachinin, cancer, blood glucose, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, inflammation, immunomodulation, oxidative damage, enzymes.
Abstract:
Backgrounds: Phytochemicals are an important class of natural compounds present in vegetables,
herbs, fruits, and seeds. Phytochemicals have been used in medicine for the treatment of human
disorders in the form of drugs, medicine, and Nutraceuticals. Flavonoid class secondary metabolites
were found to be present in medicinal plants and some food materials derived from plants. Flavonoid
class phytochemicals have beneficial health aspects and numerous pharmacological activities in
the medicine. Psoralea corylifolia has been widely used in medicine for the treatment of skin diseases,
including vitiligo, alopecia areata, leukoderma, and psoriasis. More than 90 different types of phytocompounds
have been separated and isolated from Psoralea corylifolia. Bavachinin is a flavonoid
class phytochemical, found to be present in the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia. Bavachinin possesses
anti-bacterial, anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, α-glucosidase and nitric oxide inhibitory potential.
Methods: Scientific data on bavachinin have been collected from different literature databases such as
Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct and Scopus in the present work and analyzed to
know the biological importance of bavachinin. Scientific research data on bavachinin have been collected
in the present work for their medicinal importance, pharmacological activities and analytical
aspects. Further, all the collected scientific data have been separated into different sub-sections i.e.,
Medicinal importance, pharmacological activities and analytical aspects of bavachinin. Detailed pharmacological
activity data of bavachinin have been analyzed in the present work to know the therapeutic
potential of bavachinin in medicine. Analytical data of bavachinin have been collected and analyzed
in the present work to know the biological importance of bavachinin in modern medicine for the
standardization of Psoralea corylifolia.
Results: Literature data analysis of different scientific research works revealed the biological importance
of flavonoids in medicine. Flavonoid class phytochemicals have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,
anti-viral, anti-cancer and anti-ageing properties in medicine. Scientific data analysis revealed
the effectiveness of bavachinin in cancer, blood glucose, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
inflammation, immune system, T cell differentiation, oxidative damage and enzymes. However,
therapeutic efficacy, metabolism, biotransformation, pharmaceutical product development and pharmacokinetic
parameters of bavachinin have also been discussed in the present work. Analytical data
signified the importance of modern analytical tools for the separation, isolation and identification of
bavachinin.
Conclusion: Scientific data analysis of different research work revealed the biological importance and
therapeutic benefit of bavachinin in medicine.