A Review on The Pharmacological Properties and Other Aspects of Parthenium Hysterophorus ( L.)

Abstract

Parthenium hysterophorus is a pernicious weed across the globe. This weed grabs human interest for allergic metastasis issues, dermatitis, and mutagenicity in humans and stock. However several recent studies have pointed out novel uses of this notorious plant including several health benefits, like a cure for skin inflammation, rheumatic pain, diarrhoea , tract infections, dysentery, protozoal infection and aches while it has also been used ethnobotanically. Its potential as a nano-medicine is being disbursed with some preliminary success to this point. Removal of contaminating heavy metals and industrial dyes,  control of aquatic weeds, employment as a substrate for industrial catalyst production, additives in  Cattle manure for biogas production, as a biopesticide, as manure and compost area unit to name a few of the myriad of other potentials. The active compounds behind some of these properties are summarized. The aim of this critical review is to explore the beneficial aspects of P. hysterophorus which is otherwise an immense nuisance.