A Review On Medicinally Used Plant Tridax Procumbens

Tridax procumbens Linn belongs to the Asteraceae family. It has been used in ancient times to treat skin diseases, wounds and stops blood clotting. It is a folk medicine more than 138 chemical compounds have been isolated and identified from Tridax procumbens. This review shows the importance of more studies to understand the potential T.Procumbens secondry metabolites for medical or preventive treatment. The possess many chemical compounds like flavonoids, saponins, terpenoids and benzoic acid derivatives. Methanol and ethanol extract of the dried leaves of these plants were collected. They possess many pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial activity, antiseptic activity, antifungal activity, wound healing property, anti inflammatory property, antioxidant property etc. The traditional uses, phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activites will helpful in the researches on Tridax procumbens in the new search for leads drug discovery.