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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study deals with Clitoria ternatea L. which is commonly known as 'butterfly pea' and ‘shankhapushpi’, ‘Unchan’ in Thailand, ‘Neel Aporajita’ in Bangladesh is a climbing vine bearing purple or white flowers. It is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. In tropical Asia including India, the purple flowers are used for many medical purposes. The flower extract consists of antioxidant activity and protective effect. It has been commonly used as anti-stress, anti-depressant, anti-microbial, and in anti-inflammatory treatments.