Sayali S Ghodake¹ , Ujwal S Bhosale¹, Gurunath U Baba¹, Avishkar A Godase¹ and Firoj A Tamboli^2*

¹ UG Students, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Kolhapur – 416013, Maharashtra, India
² Department of Pharmacognosy, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Kolhapur - 416013 Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: Firoj A Tamboli, Department of Pharmacognosy, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Kolhapur - 416013 Maharash- tra, India.

Received: January 19, 2026; Published: January 30, 2026

Abstract

A coat button is a perennial medicinal herb called Tridax procumbens L., belonging to the family Asteraceae and commonly used to treat inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases and wounds, in many parts of tropical and subtropical areas. The current review provides a synthesized, systematic description of the botanical characteristics, the phytochemical biodiversity, analytical characteristics and pharmacological properties of the plant with the aim of synthesizing the available scientific findings and pointing out future research directions. T. procumbens has been observed to contain a large number of secondary metabolites, namely flavonoid, phenolic acids, alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, saponins, tannins and glycosides whose composition, both qualitative and quantitative, is found to greatly vary with factors such as extraction methods, solvent systems, which parts of the plant are used, seasonal variations and geographical regions. Pharmacological experiments have shown that T. procumbens have very wide range of biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anticolithiatic and anticancer activities that are mostly due to high phenolic and flavonoid levels that affect oxidative stress processes, inflammatory reactions, microbial inhibition, glucose control and cell growth regulation. Nevertheless, in spite of the expanded in vitro and in vivo results, a number of limitations still exist including lack of standardized extract preparations, deficient treatments of bioavailability and pharmacokinetics, reduced toxicological tests, and lack of rigorously designed clinical trials. Also, more research interest is being directed towards the nutraceutical and cosmeceutical potential of T. procumbens due to its antioxidant potential, metabolic-modulating actions, wound- healing effects, and skin-protective effects, stressing the importance of using multidisciplinary and integrative research approaches in supporting the claims made by the nutraceutical as well as the delivery of its products as valid pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical products.

Keywords: Tridax procumbens L; Phytochemistry; Phenolic Acids; Alkaloids

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Citation: Firoj A Tamboli., et al. “Ethnopharmacological Relevance and Phytochemical Basis of Tridax procumbens L.". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 10.2 (2026): 05-13.

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