Tribulus terrestris of Zygophyllaceae grown world wide as herb containing several bioactive compounds that are used as medicinal values for therapeutic use as diuretic, aphrodisiac, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, anthelmintic, antiurolithic, immunomodulatory, antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, anticancer, analgesic and anti inflammatory. The plant contains phytochemical such as saponins, flavonoids, glycosides, alkaloids and tannins. It is known as puncture vine, goat's-head, bindii, bullhead, burra gokharu, bhakhdi, caltrop, small caltrops, cat's-head, devil's eyelashes, devil's-thorn, devil's-weed and tackweed. It is a commonly available weed valued in the traditional systems of medicine, viz. Ayurveda, Chinese, Siddha and Unani. The aim of this review is to search overview its therapeutic, nutritive values and industrial effects. For the preprationof this review article, searching studies in pubmed, medline, web of science available books, journals and other databases were used.
