International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 9 Issue 1
2018 (January-March)
Screening of Phytochemicals in Clitoria Ternatea Flowers and their Antimicrobial Potential
Plants have been used to cure many ailments in traditional systems of medicine. Hence plants and their products can be validated for their therapeutic potential. The flowers of the plant lessThan i greaterThan Clitoria ternatea lessThan /i greaterThan was chosen for present study. The methanolic extract of the flower was subjected to phytochemical study and the presence of major phytochemicals were detected. DPPH activity for free radical scavenging action was done, by UV spectrophotometer at 517nm. Anti-microbial activity was studied against lessThan i greaterThan E.Coli. Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus spp, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus spp lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Trichoderma viride. lessThan /i greaterThan The flower extract was found to be an effective antimicrobial agent. It also exhibited anti-oxidant property. Thus the flower of lessThan i greaterThan Clitoria ternatea lessThan /i greaterThan was found to be of therapeutic and industrial value lessThan i greaterThan . lessThan /i greaterThan
CHRISTINA ISAAC* AND VALIVITTAN.K
Clitoria ternatea, Phytochemical screening, DPPH Scavenging activity Antimicrobial Activity and Flower extract.
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