Asian Journal of Research in Botany

Review of the Phytochemistry, Ethno-medicinal, and Pharmacological Properties of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Billygoat Weed)

Oluwasayo Esther Ogunjinmi *

Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Olumayowa Vincent Oriyomi

Department of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Peter Ifeoluwa Adegbola

Department of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Adewale Adetutu

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Medicinal plants are natural resources, yielding valuable herbal products, which could be used in the treatment of various ailments. Natural products, such as plant extract, either as pure compounds or as standardized extracts provide unlimited opportunities for new drug discoveries because of their unmatched availability of chemical diversity. Ageratum conyzoides has been known since antiquity for its medicinal properties and effectiveness in the treatment of various ailments ranging from skin disease, fever, to relief colic, flatulence, dysentery, and diarrhea. A wide range of chemical compounds, belonging to the phytochemical classes namely; alkaloids, cumarins, flavonoids, chromenes, benzofuran, sterols, and terpenoids have been identified in this specie. Ageratum conyzoides extracts and their metabolites have been found to possess significant pharmacological properties. In this review, the phytochemistry and medicinal benefits of this plant was reported.

Keywords: Ageratum conyzoides, phytochemicals, medicinal plant, pharmacological uses, traditional uses.

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