Review: A Potential Medicinal Herb Clitorea Ternatea Linn

Abstract

Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in treatment of various human ailments. Research conducted in last few decades on plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for diseases. In the present scenario, demand for the herbal products is growing exponentially throughout the world and various pharmaceutical sectors are currently conducting extensive research on plant materials for their potential medicinal value. Keeping this point of view the present work has been presented to explore the Phytochemistry and pharmacological values of a potential medicinal herb known as Clitoria ternatea linn. The available literatures on this plant contain various phytoconstituents like, Flavonoids, Tannins, Saponins, Terpenoids, etc. which when pharmacologically tested proved to be medicinally significant. In vast research, all these phytochemicals has shown their variety of medicinal values, more potent compared to available allopathic medicines in some cases. Apart from that, Clitoria ternatea linn has shown its promising effect to promote the neurological health. Though much of scientific work has not been done on this plant, so in this context it needs to be heeded in all the medicinal and pharmaceutical concerns.