10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 4 2013 (October - December) Medicinal plants are of great importance to the health of individuals and communities. A large number of plants are claimed to possess the anti-diabetic, anti-fertility, anti-hyperlipidaemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory activities in the traditional therapeutic systems. It is now believed that nature has given the cure of every disease in one way or another. lessThan i greaterThan Clitoria ternatea lessThan /i greaterThan a valuable medicinal plant possess many bioactive principles which includes diabetes mellitus, chronic bronchitis, goitre, mucous disorders and leprosy. The ethanolic extract of leaves of lessThan i greaterThan C.ternatea lessThan /i greaterThan was investigated for its phytochemical properties and analysis for its active chemical ingredients. For qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis the ethanol extract of lessThan i greaterThan C.ternatea lessThan /i greaterThan acts as a source of therapeutic agent. R. KAVITHA AND V. PREMALAKSHMI Clitoria ternatea, phytochemical screening, ethanol extract, anti-diabetic. 236-242