Invigorating <i>Clitoria ternatea</i> L. an <i>Ayurvedic</i> traditional herb as a competent brain drug on par with <i>Hypericum perforatum</i> L. to contest P-glycoprotein across the blood brain barrier

Abstract

The vital phytochemicals from the leaves of <i>Clitoria ternatea</i> L. were extricated using GC/MS assay is pursued by a molecular docking study, considering the phytocompounds as ligands against the efflux protein (P-Glycoprotein) which determines the active compound that surpasses the blood brain barrier. Five potential compounds were considered competent to the optimized phytocompounds of <i>Hypericum perforatum </i>L.among which Hexanoic acid, 4-hexadecyl ester furnished a minimum binding affinity energy value of -8.734kcal/mol and interacted with the amino acid residues GLN721 of the active site. Whereas, Pseudohypericin is the foremost phytocompound of <i>Hypericum perforatum</i> L. exhibited a docking interaction of -8.096 kcal/mol with a distinct amino acid residue MET982<i>. </i>This work endorses <i>Clitoria ternatea </i>L. as a competent brain drug across the blood brain barrier on par with an established European folk medicinal plant <i>Hypericum perforatum</i> L. (St.John’s Wort).