Clitoria ternatea Flower and Its Bioactive Compounds: Potential Use as Microencapsulated Ingredient for Functional Foods

IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS BY FTIR ANALYSIS AND IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CLITORIA TERNATEA LEAF AND FLOWER EXTRACTS CH.N.Durga

Clitoria ternatea L. as a Potential High Quality Forage Legume

Samples of Clitoria ternatea L. (Cunhã) were harvested at 35, 50, 70, and 90 d after a uniformity harvest in a field study designed as a completely randomized design with a total of 18 experimental plots. The dry matter yield of the whole plant was separated quantitatively into leaves, stems, and pods at each harvesting age. Chemical analyses and in vitro gas production kinetics were performed ...

Antioxidant Potential of Clitoria Ternatea Leaf Extracts in Vitro

Enzymic antioxidants were analyzed in both blue flowered leaf and white flowered leaf of Clitoria ternatea. The in vitro model used in the study as alternatives to live animals, was goat liver slices. The liver slices exposed to different treatments were incubated for one hour at 37 ̊C with very mild shaking. The enzymic antioxidant activity was analyzed by using goat liver slices, both blue flo...

Neurogenic Potential of Clitoria ternatea Aqueous Root Extract–A Basis for Enhancing Learning and Memory

The neurogenic potential of many herbal extracts used in Indian medicine is hitherto unknown. Extracts derived from Clitoria ternatea Linn have been used in Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine as an ingredient of “Medhya rasayana”, consumed for improving memory and longevity in humans and also in treatment of various neurological disorders. Our earlier experimental studies with oral intubation ...

Ethnopharmacognostical Screening of Clitoria ternatea Linn

Clitoria ternatea L. var. pilosula Wall. from ancient times has a place in the heart of Hindus due to its sacred value for the lord Shiva. This plant have dual significance firstly, they are promising future food secondly, these medicinal plants can have some active constituents for future pharmaceutical study. They are used in the treatment of a number of ailments including body-aches, infecti...