The fatty acid content of Clitoria ternatea seeds includes palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids. [8,9,10] The seeds also contain a water-soluble mucilage, delphinidin 3, 3', 5'-triglucoside useful as a food dye; beta-sitosterol. [11,12] C. ternatea have number of pharmacological activities such as possessing nootropic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, sedative, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. [13,14,15] Hypoglycemic Activity of Methanolic Extract of C.ternatea Roots in Steptozotocin induced Diabetic Rat. Enhance memory, and increase acetylcholine content and acetylcholinesterase activity in rats. [16,17,18] Ethanol and benzene extract of Clitoria ternatea seeds at doses 75 mg/ kg and 100 mg/kg inhibit clonidine induced catalepsy, milk induced eosinophili and leucocytosis in mice. [19,20] The main objective of present study was to perform pharmacognostic investigation and preliminary phytochemical screening of the stem of Clitoria ternatea Linn.

Tephrosia candida (Roxb.) DC. (Papilionaceae) is a shrub; an extract of its seeds has been tested for insecticidal properties and found to be quite effective (1). Previous phytochemical studies have yielded a glycoside with anticancer activity (2), candidin (3), 6a, 12a-dehydrodeguelin (4), pongachin (4), and a corresponding chalcone (4). In the present paper, we report the isolation from the seeds and the separation of tephrosin and 12a-hydroxyrotenone by hplc; caffeic acid, ß-sitosterol, and its glucoside were also isolated.These compounds have been isolated for the first time from this genus, and the mixture of tephrosin and 12a-hydroxyrotenone has been resolved for the first time using hplc.

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