REVIEW ON MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS PHYTOCHEMICAL EXTRACTS

The medicinal properties of Tridax procumbens (T. procumbens) against the food pathogens Aspergillus species collected in different food samples. Lemon and rice culture were used for crude extracts preparation using ground leaves of the plant T. procumbens. Another method is to prepare extracts by adding ethanol to the crude extract. Antifungal activity can be assessed by isolating fungal organisms and cultured by “streak plate technique”. After 24 hours of incubation at room temperature and observed for inhibition of the fungal growth in the presence of extracts and the antifungal activity was observed after incubating them for one more day. Results of such studies can be used to analyse antifungal inhibition indicating the presence of a significant amount of antifungal activity in plant extracts of T procumbens.