Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS L.

Santosh Kumar Maurya* and Dinesh Kumar Verma

Abstract

Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae) a weed is promosing drug in Ayurveda used to cure liver disorder and wound very effectively. It contains Lutelin, Glucoluteolin, Neophytadiene, Hexadecanoic Acid, Bis–Bithiophene, Tridbisbithiophene Oleanolic Acid, α and β Pinenes, Sabinene, L–Phellandrene, Quercetin and Kaempferol. It possesses Cardiovascular Effects, Analgesic, Antipyretic, Urolithiatic, Antibacterial, Anti Cancer, Wound Healing, Antidiabetic, and Hepatoprotective, Hair growth, Repellent activity and act as Bioadsorbent. This review provides detailed information about phytochemicstry and pharmacology of T. procumbens which may prove to be useful for the investigators and ayurvedic scholars to establish scientific basis of uses of the plant.

Keywords: Tridax procumbens, Hepatoprotective, Pinenes, Wound Healing, Ayurveda.