Qualitative analysis of Clitoria ternatea Linn. (Aparajita) flower of family Fabaceae
Reeta Tripathi1, Shail Bala Singh Baghel2, Shweta Hingwasiya3, and Reena Upadhyay4
1,4Department of Chemistry, Barkatullah University, Bhopal-462026 (India) 2Department of Chemistry, Sarojini Naidu, Govt. Girls P.G. College, Bhopal-462016 (India) 3Department of Chemistry, Govt. P.G. College, Narsingarh-486002 (India)
ABSTRACT
The present paper deals with phytochemical studies in Clitoria ternatea Linn. Phytochemical analysis was used to test the plant extracts for therapeutic substances. Valuable data has been collected about the presence of various phytochemicals like Tannins, Alkaloids, Phenols Glycosides, Saponins and Steroids and Flavonoids. A large number of persons in the world use medicinal plants and herbs for health purposes. Therefore, scientific scrutiny of their biological properties, therapeutic potential and safety will be helpful in making wise decisions about their use. There are thousands of biologically active compounds and effective drugs developed from traditional medicinal plants. The plant showed a wide range of pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic anticancer, cardiovascular, antipyretic central nervous, respiratory, immunological. Therefore, this paper aims to present an overview of pharmacognostical, traditional, phytochemical investigations carried out on the flower of Clitoria ternatea Linn.