COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CLITORIA TERNATEA BLUE AND WHITE VARIETIES
Dibya Devismita and Dr. Sunita Bhatnagar*
Abstract
Clitorea ternatea, belonging to Fabaceae family is endowed with
beautiful flowers of different colours. In the present study a
comparision between white and blue flowered plant was conducted
using brine shrimp assay and chromatographic analysis. Methanolic
extract of leaves of the two was prepared and all the comparisons were
made. Although genus and species were similar yet some differences
were found in majority of the parameters. Results are discussed.
Keywords: Clitorea ternatea, Brine shrimp assay, TLC, Methanolic extract.
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