TITLE:
Marigold: From Mandap to Medicine and from Ornamentation to Remediation
AUTHORS:
Rayees Ahmad Mir, Mohammad Abass Ahanger, R. M. Agarwal
KEYWORDS:
Tagetes spp, Pharmacological Aspects, Phytoremediation, Allelopathic Potential and Cultivation and Production
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
27,
2019
ABSTRACT: Importance of medicinal plants to
health care has been great and herbal preparations are being produced at industrial
scale particularly in developing countries. The plant products obtained have a long
history of use in therapeutics, aromatherapy and food depending on the chemical
constituents and their bioactivity. In the recent past, marigolds have received
a great attention in scientific research, because of their multiple use and also
the information available about their phytochemistry and bioactivity. Tagetes species commonly known as marigold
is native to Mexico, being used for medicinal and ornamental purposes. The plant
is useful due to its unique phytoconstituents for a range of diseases and disorders
and is reportedly effective against piles, kidney troubles, muscular pain, ulcers
and wound healing and the flowers are helpful in fever, stomach and liver complaints
and also in eye diseases. In India, marigold is also extensively used on religious
and social occasions such as in the beautification of mandaps and pooja places;
offerings at temples; marriage decorations and landscape planning due to variable
size and colour of its flower. Present review is an effort to bring together the
different strategies developed for the growth and cultivation of marigold, its ecophysiological
and remediation relevance under a variety of environmental conditions and possible
allelopathic potential. It includes reports on pharmacological aspects like antibacterial,
antifungal, larvicidal, hepatoprotective, insecticidal, mosquitocidal, nematicidal,
wound healing, antioxidant, anticancer and antidiabetic properties/activity of Tagetes.