Phytochemical analysis and GC-MS profiling of Clitoria ternatea flowers

Clitoria ternatea, known as “shankpushpi” is a perennial leguminous, twinning herb, the flowers of which are used as herbal medicine. Present communication deals with phytochemical analysis of methanolic extract obtained from its flowers. It was observed that flavonoids, phenolics and terpenoids were major phytochemical constituents in the methanolic extract, the quantities of which reached up to 1825.87 μg GAE/g and 1585.45 μg QE/g of dried samples respectively. The Results of GC–MS analysis revealed presence of 5 major compounds, viz., Hexane, 2,3,4-Trimethyl-, 7-D2- Methylenecyclohexane, Hexane 3,3-Dimethyl-, 1-[Decylsulfonyl]-1-Deoxy-D-Mannitol, and Tetrakis [2,3-Ditert-Butylphenyl]-4,4’- Biphenylene Diphosphonate.