ANATOMY:
 

<ul>
 <li>
 
 Tridax procumbens
 
 belongs to the family Asteraceae.
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 <li>
 In India it is used for Wound healing, Anticoagulant, Antifungal and act as insect repellent.
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</ul>
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 <img alt="Untitled" class="wp-image-43530 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43530" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Untitled" data-recalc-dims="1" height="248" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/Untitled-2.jpg" width="331"/>
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 T.S of Tridax procumbens stem
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 TRICHOME:
 


 
 Important characters:
 

<ul>
 <li>
 
 Tridax procumbens
 
 consisted of glandular and non – glandular type of trichomes.
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</ul>
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 <img alt="IMG-20180623-WA0035" class="size-medium wp-image-43535 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43535" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1529742326","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="IMG-20180623-WA0035" data-recalc-dims="1" height="266" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/IMG-20180623-WA0035.jpg" width="300"/>
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 Simple multicellular hair in Tridax procumbens L.
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 HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS:
 

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 <img alt="IMG-20180623-WA0041" class="size-medium wp-image-43536 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43536" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1529742326","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="IMG-20180623-WA0041" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/IMG-20180623-WA0041.jpg" width="272"/>
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 Carbohydrate – Barfoed’s reagent (It appears pink color) followed by Kokate et al. (1995)
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 <img alt="IMG-20180623-WA0049" class="size-medium wp-image-43537 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43537" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1529742328","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="IMG-20180623-WA0049" data-recalc-dims="1" height="264" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/IMG-20180623-WA0049.jpg" width="300"/>
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 Alkaloids – Wagner’s reagent (It appears brown color) followed by Jensen (1926)
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 <img alt="IMG-20180623-WA0053" class="size-medium wp-image-43538 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43538" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1529742328","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="IMG-20180623-WA0053" data-recalc-dims="1" height="270" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/IMG-20180623-WA0053.jpg" width="300"/>
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 Starch – Lugol’s iodine reagent (It appears blue color) followed by Jensen (1926)
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</figure>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-43539" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_43539" style="width: 262px">
 <img alt="IMG-20180623-WA0063" class="wp-image-43539 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="43539" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1529742330","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="IMG-20180623-WA0063" data-recalc-dims="1" height="337" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_43523/IMG-20180623-WA0063.jpg" width="262"/>
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 The picture shows the embryo of Tridax procumbens L. – Globular stage
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PHARMACOGNOSTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS L. MEDICINAL HERB IN – MANNAR REGION

SHARMILA | Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 7:42 AM

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