ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF PLANT TRIDAX PROCUMBENS

Chaitali Dhale*, Prajakta Pawar, Velapure Siddhi, Amit Shinde and Shivani Pawar

Natural treatments for the illness with a greater safety and efficacy profile include herbs. Because of the wide range of climatic conditions and seasons that are ideal for the cultivation of several plant species, India is endowed with an abundance of medicinal herbs. Only a small percentage of the many herbal medications used in India have received thorough research to yet. One of the most important components of the majority of compound medicines mentioned in Ayurvedic literature is the extremely valuable medication Tridax procumbens (L). Numerous pharmacological activities, including hepatoprotective activity, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antidibetic activity, hypotensive effect, immunomodulating property, bronchial catarrh, dysentery, diarrhea, and to prevent hair loss, promote hair growth, and have antimicrobial activity against both, are well known.