Formulation of Psoralea Ethosomes and their Evaluation

Abstract

Psoralea corylifolia known as ‘babchi’ is a medicinal plant for the treatment large scale level in pharmaceutical industries to cure various skin diseases. In India, indigenous herbal remedies such as Ayurveda and other Indian traditional medicines have since ancient times used plants in treatment of various disorders. In our present investigation, preliminary phytochemical analysis of Psoralea corylifolia has been evaluated for the presence of bioactive constituents using various polarity solvents including hexane, nbutanol, ethanol and water. The present phytochemical screening of the seeds extracts revealed the presence of maximum compounds including carbohydrates, terpenoids, alkaloids, phenols, tannins, amino acid, cardiac glycosides and proteins. The results suggest that the ethanolic extracts of Psoralea corylifolia has promising therapeutic potential and can be used as a base for the development of novel potent drugs in phytomedicines.