DOI: 10.36347/sajp

Pages: 181-189

The plant Tagetes erecta Linn., locally known as Genda Phul (Marigold) belongs to the family Asteraceae (Compositaeis). Current study focus on hepatoprotective activity of the roots in ethanol extract by ethanol induced hepatotoxicity model. Physical parameters, liver functioning, antioxidant levels and histopathological study of the liver were studied to find out hepatoprotective action of Tagetes erecta. Treatment with Tagetes erecta root extracts has protected liver from induced hepatotoxicity. This was demonstrated by reducing the elevated levels of biochemical markers and additional histopathological observations have shown that there is an improvement in the structural design of liver due to induced hepatotoxicity