Abstract

A REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGICAL &BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS LINN (BHRINGRAJ)

*Vikram Mahadev Shingade and Nisha Nitish Karandikar

Abstract

India is gifted with varieties of large number of medicinal herbs because of environmental condition and seasons for growth of many species of plants. Tridax Procumbens Linn belongs to family Asteraceae. Tridax Procumbes are the indigenous elements which will use in variety of ailments. At least 12,000 species have been isolated. Some are the plants having medicinal properties and flavoring agent. Tridax procumbens is most valuable drug which is use in compound preparation included in Ayurveda literature. It is majorly use in Indian traditional medicines for wound healing, as anticoagulant ,antifungal & insect repellent, in diarrhea and dysentery. The plant have synthesized aromatic substance in that phenol derivative and oxygen metabolite derivative are mostly secondary metabolite. It also acts against antimicrobials activity like gram positive and gram negative bacteria. It is also used as adsorbent for chromium. Here we try to focus on the wide pharmacological and biological activities of Tridax Procumbens.

Keywords: Tridax Procumbens, Plant extract, Medicinal plant, Herbs.