Abstract

Medicinal plants are sources of important therapeutic aids for alleviating human ailments. Clitoria  ternatea L.var ternatea  is one of medicinally important plants belonging to the family Fabaceae, commonly known as ‘Neela Gokern’ in Maharashtra. Through GCMS study different compounds analyzed from these plants. Nineteen chemical constituents have been identified, among that the major constituents are Z, Z- 8, 10-Hexadecadien-1-ol (28.69%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (26.60%), Pentadecane 2, 6, 10, 13- tetramethyl (15.87%), 9-Octadecenoic acid (z)-2-hydroxy-1(hydroxymethyl) ethyl ester (14.51%), Hexacontane (12.88%) and other minor constituents were also identified. The presence of these constituents in the plant extract provides the scientific evidences to justify the use of whole plant for various ailments by traditional practitioners and enhances usage of C.ternatea which contains some identified and unidentified compounds. By separating and identifying these compounds formulated new drugs to treat various diseases.