Pharmacological and ethnomedicinal studies of Tridax procumbens linn family (Compositeae) for anti-asthmatic activities

Abstract

Tridax procumbens linn.  of family-  Compositeae  (Asteraceae) is found plentifully in the plane  areas near rivers and on marshy land.  The  villagers use this plant  in bronchial asthma, dysentery  and diarrhaea.  Leaf juice is generally used to kill the bed bug in cote and wooden furniture  and to protect the woods from termites etc.The whole herb juice in decoction is used by the villagers to check the hemorrhage of wounds.The detailed chemistry of the insecticidal compound was carried out,  which revealed the structure  of the  compound. In the present communication, an effort has been made to screen the Tridax procumbens,a common plant used in folk medicines.