Argemone mexicana L.: A weed with versatile medicinal and pharmacological applications

Abstract

Among the huge floral diversity many plants are considered wild or weed with no economical value, hence, somewhat neglected. Argemone mexicana L., is one such wildly growing weed in almost all the regions of Rajasthan. This herb can thrive well without any special attention because of its combatant genomic ability to produce defensive phytochemicals under stress conditions. These phytochemicals also have ample medicinal importance and other uses. In this review several noteworthy medicinal utilization and some hazardous effects of this plant have been highlighted.