The Ayurvedic medicine Clitoria ternatea-From traditional use to scientific assessment

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-301

  Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a,b   Kumar, Venkatesan ^a   Kumar, N Satheesh ^a   Heinrich, Micheal ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Butterfly pea; Clitoria ternatea L.; Medhya drug; Memory enhancement; Toxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CLITORIA TERNATEA EXTRACT; DELPHINIDIN; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; TARAXERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BEHAVIOR; CLITORIA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLOWER; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEMORY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CENTROSEMA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; FABACEAE;

EID: 56349086499     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.009     Document Type: Review

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