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LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Clitoria ternatea  L.

SYNONYM

  • LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Clitoria ternatensium  Crantz
  • LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Ternatea ternatea  (L.) Kuntze
  • LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Ternatea vulgaris  H.B. & K.
  • LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Clitoria bracteata  Poir.
  • LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) - PAPILIONOIDEAE Clitoria pilosula  Wall.

COMMON NAME/THAI NAME

  • ASIAN PIGEON-WINGS
  • BLUE PEA
  • BUTTERFLY PEA
  • แดงชัน
  • อัญชัน*
  • เอื้องชัน

ลักษณะทางพฤกษศาสตร์

ไม้เลื้อยล้มลุกยาว 4-5 เมตร ใบประกอบแบบขนนกปลายคี่ เรียงสลับใบย่อย (3-) 5-7 ใบ รูปวงรี กว้าง 1.5-4 ซม. ยาว 2-6 ซม. โคนใบแหลมหรือมน ปลายใบกลมหรือแหลม เส้นใบ 6 คู่ ก้านใบยาว 1-3 ซม. หูใบรูปใบหอก ยาว 5-10 มม. ดอกเดี่ยวหรือออกเป็นคู่ที่ซอกใบ สีขาวชมพูหรือน้ำเงิน ก้านดอกยาว 4 มม. ใบประดับรูปใบหอก ยาว 4 มม. ใบประดับย่อยรูปโล่หรือรูปวงรีปลายมน ยาว 8 มม. ก้านดอกย่อยยาว 6 มม. กลีบเลี้ยง 5 กลีบเชื่อมติดกันปลายแยกเป็นแฉก กลีบดอกรูปดอกถั่ว ฝักกว้าง 1 ซม. ยาว 10 ซม. ผิวมีขนละเอียด ปลายเป็นติ่งหนาม มีเมล็ดรูปไต 5-10 เมล็ด สีน้ำตาลหรือเกือบดำ
เอกสารอ้างอิง : (พ.224) Thuan NV. Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Papilionoideae (Faboideae), Phaseoleae. Paris: Museum National D’Historie Naturella Laboratoire de Phanerogamie, 1979:44-5, 49-50.

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

ACARICIDAL ACTIVITY (2)
ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION (3)
ACH LEVEL INCREASE (1)
ALPHA-AMYLASE INHIBITION (1)
ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITION (1)
ANALGESIC ACTIVITY (2)
ANIMAL PRODUCTION (1)
ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIACNE ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIAMNESIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIASTHMATIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY (5)
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY(PLANT PATHOGEN) (1)
ANTICANCER ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIEPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIFATIGUE ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY (5)
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY(PLANT PATHOGENS) (2)
ANTIGOUT ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIHYPERINSULINEMIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY, ANTIARTHRITIS, ANTIIRRITANT (1)
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY (14)
ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTISTRESS ACTIVITY (1)
ANTITOXIC ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIVENIN EFFECT (2)
ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIWRINKLING ACTIVITY (1)
ANTIYEAST ACTIVITY (3)
ANXIOLYTIC EFFECT (1)
APOPTOSIS INHIBITION (1)
AUTOPHAGY INHIBITION (1)
BEVERAGE USE (1)
CARCINOGENESIS INHIBITION (1)
CATALASE STIMULATION (1)
CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECTS (1)
CLASTOGENIC ACTIVITY (1)
COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT EFFECT (2)
CORTICOSTERONE LEVEL DECREASE (1)
COSMETIC EFFECTS (3)
CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITION (1)
CYTOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY (1)
CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY (2)
DIABETIC NEUROPATHY IMPROVEMENT (1)
DNA DAMAGE PREVENTION ACTIVITY (1)
DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM (1)
DYE-CONTAINING PLANT (1)
FEED EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT (1)
FISH POISON (1)
FOOD COLORING AGENT (2)
GENITOURINARY EFFECT(UNSPECIFIED) (1)
GLUTATHIONE DEPLETION INHIBITION (1)
GLUTATHIONE FORMATION INDUCTION (1)
HAIR CLEANING ACTIVITY (3)
HAIR CONDITIONER (1)
HAIR DYEING EFFECT (1)
HAIR GRAYING INHIBITION (1)
HAIR LOSS INHIBITION (1)
HAIR STIMULANT EFFECT (1)
HEALTH FOOD (1)
HEMOLYSIS INHIBITORY ACTIVITY (1)
HYDROXIDE RADICAL GENERATION INHIBITION (1)
HYPOTHERMIC ACTIVITY (1)
INSECT REPELLANT ACTIVITY (1)
INSECTICIDE ACTIVITY (1)
LIPID PEROXIDE FORMATION INHIBITION (2)
LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY STIMULATION (1)
MALONDIALDEHYDE INHIBITION (1)
MALTASE INHIBITION (1)
MAST CELL DEGRANULATING INHIBITION (1)
MELANIN FORMATION STIMULATION (2)
MEMORY ENHANCEMENT EFFECT (2)
MEMORY RETENTION IMPROVEMENT (1)
MICRONUCLEATION INDUCTION (1)
MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY (1)
NEMATOCIDAL ACTIVITY (1)
NEUROPROTECTANT EFFECT (2)
NITRIC OXIDE SCAVENGING ACTIVITY (1)
NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITION (1)
NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS INHIBITION (2)
NOCICEPTIVE RESPONSE REDUCTION (1)
NOREPINEPHRINE LEVEL INCREASE (1)
NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA-BETA INHIBITION (1)
NUTRITIONAL VALUE (1)
OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS (1)
OXYGEN RADICAL INHIBITION (1)
PROTEASE(HIV) INHIBITION (1)
PROTEIN EXPRESSION STIMULATION (1)
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS STIMULATION (1)
RADICAL SCAVENGING EFFECT (7)
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES GENERATION INHIBITION (2)
REDUCING AGENT ACTIVITY (1)
REDUCTASE,5-ALPHA: INHIBITION (1)
RESPIRATORY EFFECTS (UNSPECIFIED) (1)
REVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS (6)
SEROTONIN LEVEL INCREASE (1)
SKIN IMPROVEMENT EFFECT (1)
SPERM COUNT INCREASE (1)
SUCRASE INHIBITION (1)
SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE STIMULATION (1)
SUPEROXIDE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY (2)
TESTOSTERONE LEVEL INCREASE (1)
TOXICITY ASSESSMENT(QUANTITATIVE) (4)
TYROSINASE INHIBITION (1)
WBC INHIBITION (1)
XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITION (1)

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ETHNOMEDICAL ARTICLE(S)

ETHNOMEDICAL ARTICLE(S) (15)

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE(S)

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE(S) (74)

TISSUE CULTURE ARTICLE(S)

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