Tridax procumbence-A
Potent Blood Coagulant
Futane S.M., Mohite N.R., Nakat J.M.
Shri. Shivaji college of Agri-Biotechnology,
Amravati
INTRODUCTION Tridax procumbence is a widespread
weed,commonly known as coat
button in english,ekdandi or
kambarmodi in marathi,ghamra in
hindi and jayantiveda in sanskrit
Botanical classification:
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Kingdom: Plantae
 Division: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Asterales
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Family: Asteraceae
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Tribe: Heliantheae
 Genus: Tridax
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Species: T. Procumbens
ABSTRACT
Tridax procumbence is a species of flowering
plant in a daisy family.It occurs in tropical as
well as subtropical regions,in all the seasons.
It exhibits antiseptic,insecticidal and hair
growth promoting properties.More commonly
the plant leaves are used to check
haemorrhage from cuts,brucies,wounds.
It also reported to have various
pharmacological effects and antimicrobial
activity against bacteria,hence prevent the
infection and stimulate wound healing.
KEYWORDS
Tridax procumbence,blood
coagulation,aspartic acid,marker
enzymes,alanine transamylase.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND
THEIR PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.
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Stigmasterol -antiinflametory property
Betasitosterol-antiinflametory property
Calcium-required for coagulation factors to bind to
phospholipids.
Phospholipids-required for tenase and
prothrombinase to function.
Marker enzymes –Helps in conversion of fibrinogen
to fibrin.
(aspartate,transaminase,
lactate dehydrogenase,
alkaline phosphatase)
MECHANISM OF BLOOD COAGULATION
Blood clotting comes under the concept of haemostasis.It is the
major defence mechanism against the blood loss and occurs
due to different substances mainly glycoproteins synthesized by
the liver.
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It involves two pathways
A)Extrinsic Pathway :It is the initial process in the clotting and
involves factors that are not present in the blood.
B)Intrinsic Pathway :It involves the series of reaction
participated by the factors present in the blood.
The two pathways are not independent but they are coupled
together to convert protrombin to thrombin and fribrinogen to
fibrin clot.
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Important factors responsible for blood
coagulation.
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Fibrinogen:forms clot
Prothrombin:it activates protein c and platelets.
Tissue factor:co factor of prothrombin
Calcium:helps to bind the coagulation factor to phospholipids.
Christmas factor:forms tenase complex with antihaemophillic factors
Hageman factor :activates plasma protein.
High mol.Wt kininogen factor :support activation of hageman’s factor
Staurt prower factor: forms prothrmbinase complex with labile factor
Generation factor: precipitates in final common clotting pathway.
Fibrin stabilizing factor: carried out cross links of fibrins.
Diagram
MATERIAL REQUIRED
Sterile dry powder of Tridax
procumbence,fresh blood sample
without anticoagulant,test
tubes,stopwatch,etc.
METHOD
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Take 2 ml of fresh blood sample in two test tubes
without adding any anticoagulant.
Take one test tube as control and other as test
sample.
Add 200mg of sterile dry powder of Tridax
procumbence in test sample.
Do not add Tridax procumbence powder in control.
Note coagulation time of both samples.
OBSERVATION
Test sample clots earlier than control.
RESULT
Dry powder of Tridax procumbence helps
in faster blood coagulation
CONCLUSION
Tridax procumbence have great medicinal
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properties and can be used for –
Wound healling
Haemophillic disorders
Bleeding disorders
Antiinflamatory property
Primary source of treatment in tribal areas
where medical supervision is not available.
References
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Dravya-gun vigyan-Dharmadhikari
Textbook of pathology-harshmohan
Textbook of biochemistry and human
biology-J.P.Talwar
Biochemistry-satyanarayan
www.biologyforum.com
www.sciencedictionary.com
www.botanica.com
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