PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF LEAVES OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS LINN.

Abstract

Tridax procumbens Linn. (Compositae) is a weed found throughout India. The plant is native of tropical America and naturalized in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. Local people known it as Ghamara, in English popularly called 'coat buttons' and is dispensed for Bhringraj by some of the practitioners of Ayurveda. Tridax procumbens is a widely occurring medicinal herbs used by Ethnomedicinal practionars. It has known for its number of pharmacological activities like Hepatoprotective activity, Anti inflammatory, Wound healing, Antidiabetic activity, Hypotensive effect, Immunomodulating property, bronchial catarrh, dysentery, diarrhoea. The present study was aimed to investigate phytochemical present in the leaves extract of Tridax procumbens. Initially dried powder of Tridax procumbens was extracted successively in Chloroform, Acetone-Water and Chloroform-Water and tested for the