Bidens bipinnata L. is a weedy species which is distributed in Northern regions of Iran and around Tehran. Plants belonging to Bidens genus have antimicrobial, antioxidant, diuretic, antidiabetic and immunomodulator activities. Antioxidants reduce risk for chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus, cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson and coronary heart diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activities, phenol and flavonoid contents of methanol extract of Bidens bipinnata in the fruiting stage. The total antioxidant capacity was determined by the following methods: ABTS and DPPH free-radicals scavenging and ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP). Hydrodistilled essential oil of the plant was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Antimicrobial activities of the methanol extract and essential oil were also determined against three gram positive and three gram negative bacteria and three fungi. The extract possessed a higher concentration of total flavonoid than total phenol content. Methanol extract showed high DPPH scavenging activity with 50% inhibitory concentration value (IC50) of 81.80 µg/ml (IC50<100µg/ml). Thirty one constituents were found representing 91.89% of the essential oil. The main constituents of the essential oil were ?-pinene, ?-myrcene, germacrene-D, bicyclogermacrene, ?-elemene, spathulenol, trans-ocimene and ?-humulene. The highest antimicrobial activities of the essential oil of B. bipinnata were against Streptococcus pyogenes, Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (MIC=125 µg/ml). The present results demonstrate that Bidens bipinnata extract exhibits antioxidant activity and may serve as potential source of natural antioxidants for treatment of some diseases. Further investigations are necessary for chemical characterization of the active compounds and more comprehensive biological assays.