Phytochemical screening of the roots shows the presence of ternatins, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins. Ethanol extract of clitoria ternatea shows presence of terpenoid, flavonoid, tannin and steroid which may act as antioxidant principal 18. The herbarium number of clitoria ternatea was authenticated at the princess sirindhorn plant herbarium, plant varieties protection division, department of agriculture, bangkok, thailand, voucher specimen. Butterfly pea is rich in blue anthocyanin which as natural colorant for food. Out of several medicinal plantsherbal drugs mentioned in ayurveda, clitoria ternatea is well known ayurvedic medicine used for the treatment of various diseases. Highfrequency in vitro multiplication system for commercial propagation of pharmaceutically.
Fatty acid composition determined by paper, thin layer and gas liquid chromatography revealed the presence of palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids in the weight ratio of 18. Clitoria ternatea supplement health benefits, dosage, side. In traditional chinese medicine, the plant has been ascribed properties affecting. The perennial leguminous herb clitoria ternatea butterfly pea has attracted significant interest based on its agricultural and medical applications, which range from use as a fodder and nitrogen fixing crop, to applications in food coloring and cosmetics, traditional medicine and as a source of an ecofriendly insecticide. It belongs to the fabaceae family and displays a broadspectrum of medicinal usages in almost every plant part 1. Clitoria ternatea may attract your attention due to its unique name which related to females vital organ, clitoris. Extraction of anthocyanin from clitoria ternatea blue pea flower by using spray dryer abstract nowadays, interest in anthocyanin pigments shows an increasing tendency due to their possible health benefits as antioxidants, antiinflammatory, antiviral, protection from cardiovascular damage, diabetes preventation and vision improvement. The effect of clitoria ternatea flower cte incorporated into cooked rice using domestic cooking methods on starch digestibility was determined.
Fabaceae commonly known as butterfly pea has been used as a traditional ayurvedic medicine as a memory enhancer, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing, and sedative agent. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea and darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the family fabaceae in india, it is revered as a holy flower, used in daily puja rituals. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea. It is used as an herbal medicine, 5 6 and it is used as food, as well. Shankhpushpi is sometime mistaken as clitoria ternatea. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Antifungal activity of clitoria ternatea on phyto pathogens. All parts of roots, leaves and flowers have medicinal properties, leaves are used for clitoria ternatea. Medicinal uses of shankpushpi convolvulus pluricaulis. The blue coloured flower of this plant is used in medicine in sri lankan traditional medical system and also reported to have several health benefits in recent findings at the international level.
Clitoria increased total forage protein content and total. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. The beautiful, bright blue flowers are edible and in many asian countries used for natural food coloring. The leaves are pinnate, with 57 elliptic to lanceolate leaflets, 35 cm long and shortly pubescent underneath. Well, you will not as surprise as you were if you know exactly how this flower looks like which is really similar to females vital organ. Seeing this phenomenon the climbing plant clitoria ternatea ct.
This creeper is herbaceous and requires very little care because of which it is one of the plants suitable for revegetation. Highfrequency in vitro multiplication system for commercial propagation of pharmaceutically important clitoria ternatea l. Three anthocyanins not reported in this species before show fragmentation pattern of the ternatin class. Clitoria ternatea supplement health benefits, dosage. Aparajita clitoria ternatea uses, dose, remedies, side. Andean bryophytes bolivia checklist catalogue of new world grasses ecuador catalogue flora mesoamericana madagascar catalogue moss flora of china peru checklist system details. Now used for short and mediumterm pastures and as green manure, cover crop and protein bank.
Glossary of indian medicinal plants including the supplement. It is concluded that butterfly pea leaf can be considered a potential source of flavonoids with good antioxidant properties for use in dietary. Discovery and characterization of novel cyclotides. Increases soil fertility to improve yields of subsequent crops maize, sorghum, wheat when grown as green manure or ley pasture. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. Discovery and characterization of novel cyclotides originated. Jun 14, 2018 clitoria ternatea is one of four herbs traditionally used as shanka pushpi, an ayurvedic medicine used to promote neurological health. The presence of these photochemical of leaf extract revealed its medicinal values, c. Anthocyanin and potential therapeutic traits in clitoria. Clitoria ternatea, a traditional ayurvedic medicinal plant has a long tradition of use as a memory enhancing and anxiolytic agent. Pdf phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of. Introduction a large and increasing number of patients in the world use medicinal plants and herbs for health purpose. Clitoria tanganicensis micheli clitoria ternatea f.
Clitoria ternatea, commonly called blue butterfly pea, is a tropical vine from the family of fabaceae. Pdf phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of clitoria. Most of the plant parts are reported to possess therapeutic properties. A key to the species known for the area is given as well as information on ecology, phenology, common names, and known uses for each species. Clitoria ternatea medicinal uses, health benefits and side. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis.
A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Its sparsely pubescent stems are suberect and woody at the base and may be up to 5 m long. The ayurvedic medicine clitoria ternateafrom traditional. Butterfly pea flower, blue and purple food color extract recipe. Phytochemical screening and ftir analysis of clitoria ternatea leaves ch. Inhibitory effect of clitoria ternatea flower petal. Fabaceae commonly known as butterfly pea, a traditional ayurvedic medicine, has been used for centuries as a memory enhancer, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing and sedative agent. Clitoria ternatea is a perennial climber wellknown for its butterflyshaped vividblue flowers. Impact of clitoria ternatea butterfly pea flower on in. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 2539 mirror.
Twelve phenolic metabolites nine ternatin anthocyanins and three glycosylated quercetins were identified from the blue flowers of clitoria ternatea by highperformance liquid chromatography diode array detection and electrospray ionizationmass spectrometry hplcdadesimsn. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Provided by smithsonian institution, department of botany. In one study, the methanol extract of clitoria ternatea was evaluated for its antipyretic potential on normal body temperature and yeastinduced pyrexia in albino rats. Evolvulus alsinoides, convolvulus pluricaulis, canscora decussata, and clitorea ternatea are also referred as shankhupushpi in india. The extraction of anthocyanin from clitoria ternatea blue pea flower by using spray dryer syazwani binti sapiee thesis submitted to the faculty of chemical and natural resources engineering in. In the traditional system of medicine, clitoria ternatea has been utilized. Plant details information about clitoria ternatea plant. Inhibitory effect of clitoria ternatea flower petal extract. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region. Ecology soil requirements adapted to a wide range of soil types from sands to heavy clays of moderate fertility but is extremely well adapted to heavy clay.
Inclusion of 1naphthaleneacetic acid naa in the culture medium along with ba promoted higher rates of shoot multiplication than ba alone. Clitoria ternatea or butterfly pea of ayurveda is a very common perennial vine that is native to tropical and equatorial regions but is now found even in other parts of the world. Download pdf journal of applied pharmaceutical sciences and. Various constituents are found in different parts of the plant. Andean bryophytes bolivia checklist catalogue of new world grasses ecuador catalogue flora mesoamericana madagascar catalogue moss flora of. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Five new anthocyanins, ternatins a3, b4, b3, b2, and d2, from. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Multiple color and ph stability of floral anthocyanin extract. Phytochemical screening and ftir analysis of clitoria. It has a tranquillizing effect on the brain hence it is used in symptoms like syncope, vertigo and brain weakness. Extractive determination of bioactive flavonoids from butterfly pea.
Pdf pharmacological importance of clitoria ternatea a. Year 1986 isbndescription very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants. Acute effect of clitoria ternatea flower beverage on. A wide range of secondary metabolites including triterpenoids, flavonol glycosides, anthocyanins and steroids has been isolated.
Aparajita clitoria ternatea uses, dose, remedies, side effects. In a randomized, crossover study, 15 healthy men ages 22. The major phytoconstituents found in clitoria ternatea are the pentacyclic triterpenoids such as taraxerol and taraxerone. In this post, we will talk about butterfly pea uses, benefits and side effects. Clitoria ternatea linn butterfly pea belongs to the family fabaceae and is distributed in tropical asia, the philippine islands, and madagascar anonymous, 1988. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Clitoria ternatea, is known is for various names as butterfly pea, asian pigeon wings, blue pea, cordofan pea, blue bell vine, and darwin pea it is a blue or in rare instances, white flower from southeast asia. Madhavarao buddepu, et al in vitro antimicrobial and free radical scavenger assay of two medicinal plants clitoria ternatea and cardiospermum halicacabum november, 2011 international journal of chemical and analytical science, 2011, 211, 12531255 1254 table1a. The flowers of this vine were imagined to have the shape of human female genitals, hence the latin name of the genus clitoria, from clitoris. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of clitoria ternatea flower extract cte on postprandial plasma glycemia response and antioxidant status in healthy men.
Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a. Uses the most widely known species of the genus is clitoria ternatea, also known as butterfly pea. Clitoria ternatea butterfly pea flower uses, benefits and side effects january 5, 2017 may 25, 2019 by anoop sharma 2 comments. Clitoria ternatea is a twining herbal medicinal plant mostly found in asia. Pdf clitoria ternatea contained tannins, phlobatannin, carbohydrates, saponins, triterpenoids. The dried flower was boiled with distilled water in 1. Evaluation of phytochemicals in the leaf extract of clitoria ternatea. Plants profile for clitoria ternatea asian pigeonwings. The antistress activity of aerial parts was assessed using cold restraint stress crs induced ulcers, lithiuminduced head twitches, clonidineinduced hypothermia, sodium nitriteinduced respiratory arrest and haloperidolinduced catalepsy in rat and mice 1. One of the plants, that deserve attention is because of its multipotent bioactive clitoria ternatea compounds. The ayurvedic medicine clitoria ternateafrom traditional use. It shows promise in animal models for its memory enhancing effects, and has a wide spectrum of neurological benefits antidepression, anxiolytic, antipyretic yet for these latter claims preliminary evidence suggests it isnt overly potent.
Being tropical flower plant, there are a lot of health benefits of clitoria ternatea. Description of the butterfly pea extract leaves, flowers, and roots are all used as medicinal herbs. The flower of clitoria ternatea was purchased from a local herbal drug store in bangkok, thailand fig. Pdf clitoria ternatea is a twining herbal medicinal plant mostly.
However, to date scientifically validated value added products from blue pea flower bpf is very limited. Five new anthocyanins, ternatins a3, b4, b3, b2, and d2. Antifungal activity of clitoria ternatea on phyto pathogens different concentration of extract in mgml. The plant clitotia ternatea is traditionally used for. Protective role of ternatin anthocyanins and quercetin.
The flowers are rich in the powerful antioxidant blue proanthocyanidin. An efficient protocol was established for in vitro shoot multiplication from nodal explants of clitoria ternatea on semisolid murashige and skoog ms basal medium supplemented with 8. This article will focus on pharmacochemical characterization of clitoria ternatea with the traditional and pharmacological uses of. Review on ethnomedicinal uses of memory boosting herb. Clitoria ternatea is one of local plant with medicinal properties that can be. Publisher council of scientific and industrial research, new delhi. When i had written this article originally in 2010 i too had made the same mistake and i have updated this article with the new information available now. Clitoria ternatea, constituents, pharmacology, pharmacognosy i. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea and darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the family fabaceae. Extracts of the roots, seeds and leaves of ct have long been in clinical use in the ayurvedic system of medicine mukherjee et al. Frontiers butterfly pea clitoria ternatea, a cyclotide. Tea from the flower operates draining and support the eyesight.
Clitoria ternatea scientific name clitoria ternatea l. It is often cited in the ayuverdic system of indian medicines as an effective antidepressant, antimicrobial. Clitoria ternatea name synonyms clitoria albiflora mattei clitoria bracteata poir. Clitoria ternatea, commonly called butterfly pea, is an evergreen climber that typically grows on slender stems to 10 less frequently to 15 tall. In vitro antimicrobial and free radical scavenger assay of two medicinal plants clitoria ternatea and cardiospermum halicacabum november, 2011 international journal of chemical and analytical science, 2011, 211, 12531255 1254 table1a. Its flower petal containing dietary anthocyanins is used as a natural blue colorant in a variety of foods. Butterfly pea mix clitoria ternatea seeds fair dinkum seeds. Clitoria ternatea blue butterfly pea flowers benefits. Chemical examination of clitoria ternatea seeds springerlink. Clitoria ternatea is one of four herbs traditionally used as shanka pushpi, an ayurvedic medicine used to promote neurological health. A commercial potential blue pea clitoria ternatea l. Clitoria ternatea is commonly known as butterfly pea. It is an attractive perennial climber with conspicuous blue or white flowers.
Aparajita clitoria ternatea indian medicinal plants. It is a highly palatable forage legume and generally is preferred by livestock over other legumes. Clitoria ternatea is thought to bring down fever antipyretic by expanding the blood vessels just beneath the skin, which increases blood flow where it can be more easily cooled. It has a wide spectrum of neuro pharmacological benefits such as nootropic, antidepressant, antistress, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant activities.