International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 6 Issue 1
2015 (January - March)
TRIDAX PROCUMBENS MEDICINE FOR LIFE: AN OVERVIEW
Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive numbers of modern drugs have been isolated from natural resources. lessThan i greaterThan Tridax lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan procumbens Linn lessThan /i greaterThan (Family – lessThan i greaterThan Asteraceae lessThan /i greaterThan common name- Dhaman grass) is a common herb found in India. lessThan i greaterThan Tridax procumbens lessThan /i greaterThan is well known Ayurvedic, ethino-botanical and unani medicinal plant. Pharmacological studies have shown that lessThan i greaterThan Tridax procumbens lessThan /i greaterThan possess properties like anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, wound heal, antimicrobial, antiseptic, hypotensive and bradycardiac effects. The whole plant was reported to treat various elements, such as dysentery, diarrhea and preventing hair loss. These properties are mainly due to many active phytochemicals including the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, tannins, steroids, alkaloids, dexamethasone, luteoline, glucolureolin, b--silosterol, flaone, glycoside and quercetin in this plant.
ATISH K MALDHURE
Tridox procumbens, phytochemical activity, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing.
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