Medicinal plants and the medicines derived from them have been used all over the world. They are becoming an alternative source to synthetic drugs. Herbal and ayurvedic drug treatment is not only used in India but has global commercial market. Tagetes erecta has wide ethno medicinal and traditional uses. It demonstrates different pharmacological activities like antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti depressant. A variety of phytoconstituents are present in plant which are responsible for showing various bioactivities. Present review was done to summarise various reporting on traditional uses, scientific justification for bioactivity and chemical constituents of Tagetes erecta.
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