Clitoria Ternatea Essay

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MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Chemicals and plant material:
MgCl2.6H2O , NaOH, HCl and C2H5OH were of analytical grade was (Merck and Himedia) used without further treatment and the plant was collected from Ramapuram village of Chittoor district,Andhra Pradesh,India. The Clitoria ternatea plant is as shown in (Fig.1). Fig.1 Clitoria ternatea

Preparation of whole plant extract of Clitoria ternatea:
Whole plant of Clitoria ternatea was washed with tap water and again washed thoroughly with double distilled water for three times and shade dried for about 7 days. Thoroughly dried plant was cut into pieces and made fine powder. 5 grams of fine powder was taken in 100 ml of (70% ethanol : 30% water) and stirred for 4 days. The extract was filtered through Whatman No 1 filter paper and supernatant collected was stored at 40C for further nanoparticles synthesis process.

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