Studies on the chemical constituents of Psoralea corylifolia L.

A new isoflavone, corylinin (1), along with six known compounds, isopsoralen (2), psoralen (3), sophoracournestan A (4), neobavaisoflavone (5), daidzin (6) and uracil (7), have been isolated from the dried fruits of Psoralea coryl folia L. The structure of 1 was established as 7,4'-dihydroxy-3'[(E)-3,7dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl]isoflavone on the basis of the spectroscopic methods. Structures of the known compounds were identified by comparison of the literature.