Antioxidant Potential of Clitoria Ternatea Leaf Extracts in Vitro

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

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Clitoria ternatea leaf extracts by using in vivo model

Herbal medicines are in great demand because of their great efficacy and little or no side effects. Many plant extracts show promising antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity. The plant used in the present study is Clitoria ternatea (Sanskrit-Sankupushpam) belongs to the family Fabaceae . The in vivo studies were conducted using male Wistar rats. Liver cells participate in a variety of...

Hepatoprotective potential of Clitoria ternatea leaf extract against paracetamol induced damage in mice.

BACKGROUND AND AIM Clitoria ternatea, a medicinal herb native to tropical equatorial Asia, is commonly used in folk medicine to treat various diseases. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of C. ternatea against experimentally induced liver injury. METHODS The antioxidant property of methanolic extract (ME) of C. ternatea leaf was investiga...

A study on the levels of nonenzymic antioxidants in the leaves and flowers of Clitoria ternatea

Antioxidants are substances that inhibit oxidation and thus prevent cell damage. The objective of the study was to determine the antioxidant activity of the leaves as well as blue and white flowers of Clitoria ternatea. They exhibited significant antioxidant activity and the sample from the blue flower bearing plant showed better scavenging activity. The results show that Clitoria ternatea can ...

Total phenolic compounds and scavenging activity in Clitoria ternatea and Vitex negundo linn

This study was done to assess the total phenolic compounds (TPC) and 1, 1-diphenyl-2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity in the flowers and leaves of Clitoria ternatea and Vitex negundo Linn. by using methanol and water extraction. TPC were evaluated using Folin-Ciocalteau method. Methanol was more efficient in extracting phenolic compounds compared with water in measuring TPC. Vitex negun...