Debolina Dattaray
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Traditional Uses and Pharmacology of Plant Tridax procumbens: A Review
Author(s): Debolina Dattaray40089*
From the time immemorial plants have been a rich source of inspiration for novel drug compounds and have highly contributed in the treatment of various ailments. Tridax procumbens is an annual or perennial herb, mostly found as a weed of cultivation, grown on waste ground, or as an invader of bare soil used majorly in Indian traditional medicine. The great variety of secondary metabolites present in the plant are tannins, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, phenols steroids, anthocyanins, proteins, amino acids and carbohydrates have been a great source of important pharmaceutical compounds. This present study aims to document the scientific literature regarding the medicinal properties, bioactive constituents and pharmacological importance of the plant T. procumbens, of the Asteraceae family. The various scientific literatures have been collected from different scientif.. Read More»
DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.7.476-482