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Butterfly Pea Tea Thai 'Anchan' wild blue herbal flower tea Clitoria ternatea

Butterfly Pea is an ancient Thai herbal plant. Its flower has three different colors white, blue, and purple. Not only beautiful, Butterfly Pea first gained its reputation as a powerful hair strengthener & skin conditioner in the traditional Thai remedies. Leaves, flowers, and roots are all used as medicinal herbs. It provides anthocyanin to improve eyesight, treat opthalmitis and eye infections, nourish hair, conditi0on skin & provides antioxidants and boost body immunity.

Anthocyanins are highly concentrated in the deep blue pigments of wild Butterfly Pea, which contain higher levels of anthocyanins than many other foods. They belong to a group of natural compounds, called flavonoids, found in the skins of many plants that have high antioxidant capacity and other bioactivity.
Researchers focused on the relationship between anthocyanin consumption and type 2 diabetes by examining data from over 200,000 men and women participating in long-term health studies.
In the study, they found that higher consumption of anthocyanins was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes, possibly due to their high content of anthocyanins, said Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health and the studys lead author.

Clitoria ternatea is a twining evergreen perennial herb with compound leaves. The stems are pubescent and spindly. The flowers are in various shades of blue or pure white. The fruits are pods resembling thin peas. The plants belong to the family Fabaceae. The roots, seeds and flowers have medicinal value and are used to treat various ailments (Gomez and Kalamani, 2003). In the present study the levels of some nonenzymic antioxidants namely ascorbic acid, reduced glutathione and total carotenoids were estimated in leaves and flowers of two varieties of Clitoria ternatea,one bearing blue flowers and the other bearing white flowers.

  

Sample                       Ascorbic acid (mg) | Reduced glutathione (n moles/g)| Total carotenoids (mg)
Blue flower                                      5.94                                    25.68                                        26.58

Proanthocyanidin with its high content of the flavonol quercetin improves eyesight, treat opthalmitis & eye infections, nourishes hair & skin, provides antioxidants and boosts body immunity. Clinical research in butterfly pea indicates that it has potential health effects against eye degeneration caused by diabetes, glaucoma, cataract and other eye related problems. It is said that the butterfly pea flower is one of the most valuable natural herbal plants in Thailand.

Benefits: Natural anti-oxidant, improves blood circulation. helps prevent hair loss and graying hair. Cleanses blood, & improves night vision, revitalizes skin & hair

Siam Natural™ Fresh Sun-Dried wild Butterfly Pea Clitoria ternatea (Thai Anchan) Herbal Tea $8.95 (1) ounce zip lock package + $5.00 shipping

Siam Natural™ Fresh Sun-Dried wild Butterfly Pea Clitoria ternatea (Thai Anchan) Herbal Tea $24.95 (3) ounce zip lock package + $8.00 shipping

Nourish and strengthen the hair and hair roots Prevent skin bruising and keep skin healthy Treat urinary dysfunction Improves eyesight & night vision Anti-cataract/anti-glucoma Treat opthalmitis and eye infections Stimulates blood circulation Detoxificate Provides antioxidants Slows aging process Enhance body immunity Relieves thirst and debility Anthocyanins and anti-diabetic properties The consumption of a diet low in fat and rich in antioxidants may reduce the risk of obesity and insulin resistance. [26-28] A number of recent reports indicate that consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially rich in polyphenols, decrease the incidence of type-2 diabetes, a condition associated with insulin resistance.[29-31] Insulin resistance is a disorder in which insulin inadequately stimulates glucose transport in skeletal muscle and fat and inadequately suppresses hepatic glucose production. The mechanisms that prevent the ß-cell of the pancreas from secreting sufficient amounts of insulin to overcome peripheral insulin resistance are not yet fully understood. Oral hypoglycemic agents that directly stimulate insulin release from ß- cells (e.g., sulfonylurea-based drugs), however, can elevate insulin secretion from islets of type-2 diabetic patients sufficiently to overcome peripheral insulin resistance and normalize blood glucose levels. One of the disadvantages of using sulfonylurea-based drugs is that they fail to control normal blood glucose levels[32] These drugs also adversely affect the ability of ß-cells to secrete consistent insulin level and cause weight gain.[32] Hence, it would be beneficial if dietary constituents could regulate blood glucose levels or induce insulin production by pancreatic ß-cells in the type-2 diabetic condition. However, there is little clinical evidence that food factors can do this. Insulin secretion It is well known that dietary antioxidants, including anthocyanins, protect pancreatic ß-cells from glucoseinduced oxidative stress.[10] Recently Jayaprakasam et al. [11] demonstrated glucose-induced insulin release from pancreatic ß-cells by anthocyanins and anthocyanidins. In few in vitro and animal studies,[39,40] anthocyanin extracts were found to have potent alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity, suppressing the increase in postprandial glucose level. However, no further extensive in vivo studies and clinical evaluation of these compounds have yet been carried out to validate the in vitro observations

 

Anthocyanins are the largest group of water-soluble pigments in the plant kingdom, known collectively as flavonoids. More than 8000 flavonoids, and 500 anthocyanin structures had been reported by the year 2000 and more are continually being isolated. Anthocyanins are believed to display an array of beneficial actions on human health and well-being. Due to our increasing understanding and awareness of the potential beneficial human health effects, research on anthocyanins has recently intensified. During the past two decades an increasing number of studies have investigated the diverse protective effects elicited by polyphenolics present in various fruits and vegetables. These effects include antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, antiproliferative, anti-mutagenic, anti-microbial, anti-carcinogenic, protection from cardiovascular damage and allergy, microcirculation improvement, peripheral capillary fragility prevention, diabetes prevention, and vision improvement.

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 Anthocyanins and anthocyanin-rich extracts: role in diabetes and eye function
 Dilip Ghosh, PhD and Tetsuya Konishi, PhD Health and Food Group ,

The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Auckland, New
Zealand, Department of Functional Food Sciences, Pharmacology and Applied Life Science,
Nigata University of Pharmacy & Applied Life Sciences (NUPALS), Japan

10. Al-Awwadi NA, Araiz C, Bornet A, Delbosc S, Cristol JP,
Linck N, Azay J, Teissedre PL, Cros G. Extracts enriched
in different polyphenolic families normalize increased
cardiac NADPH oxidase expression while having differential
effects on insulin resistance, hypertension, and cardiac
hypertrophy in high-fructose-fed rats. J Agric Food
Chem 2005; 53:151-7.
11. Jayaprakasam B, Vareed SK, Olson LK, Nair MG Insulin
secretion by bioactive anthocyanins and anthocyanidins
present in fruits. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53: 28-31.

26. Ide T, Ashakumary L, Takahashi Y, Kushiro M, Fukuda
N, Sugano M. Sesamin, a sesame lignan, decreases fatty
acid synthesis in rat liver accompanying the downregulation
of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1.
Biochim Biophys Acta 2001; 1534: 1-13.
27. Murase T, Mizuno T, Omachi T, Onikawa K, Komine Y,
Kondo H, Hase T, Tokimitsu I. Dietary diacylglycerol
suppresses high fat and high sucrose diet-induced body
fat accumulation in C57BL/6J mice. J Lipid Res 2001; 42:
372-378.
28. Blakely S, Herbert A, Collins M, Jenkins M, Mitchell G,
Grundel E, O'Neill KR, Khachik F. Lutein interacts with
ascorbic acid more frequently than with -tocopherol to
alter biomarkers of oxidative stress in female Zucker
obese rats. J Nutr 2003; 133: 2838-2844

29. Anderson RA, Polansky MM. Tea enhances insulin activity.
J Agric Food Chem 2002; 50: 7182-7186.
30. Anderson RA, Broadhurst CL, Polansky MM, Schmidt
WF, Khan A, Flanagan VP, Schoene NW, Graves DJ.
Isolation and characterization of polyphenol type-A
polymers from cinnamon with insulin-like biological activity.
J Agric Food Chem 2004; 52: 65-70.
31. Landrault N, Poucheret P, Azay J, Krosniak M, Gasc F,
Jenin C, Cros G, Teissedre PL. Effect of a polyphenolsenriched
chardonnay white wine in diabetic rats. J Agric
Food Chem 2003; 51: 311-8.

32. Pfeiffer AFH. Oral hypoglycaemic agents: sulfonylureas
and meglitinides. In: Text book of type-2 diabetes, Goldstein
BJ, Muller-Wieland D, eds. Martin Dunitz Ltd,
London, 2003; 77-85.

39. Matsui T, Ueda T, Oki T, Sugita K, Terahara N,
Matsumoto K. alpha-Glucosidase inhibitory action of
natural acylated anthocyanins. 1. Survey of natural pigments
with potent inhibitory activity. J Agric Food Chem.
2001; 49(4):1948-51.

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