• Thathireddy Krishna Reddy
• R Ranjani

Plants are a rich source of chemotherapeutics and can provide valuable bioactive molecules that contribute in the treatment of a variety of diseases, including cancer. Bougainvillea spectabilis, often known as big Bougainvillaea, is a flowering plant that has been used as an anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and anticancer agent in traditional medicine. The goal of this work was to conduct a phytochemical analysis and test the anticancer efficacy of B. spectabilis crude leaf extract against the A549 lung cancer cell line. The phytochemical contents of the dried powdered plant leaf were extracted using the soxhlet and rotary evaporator with aqueous and organic solvents (acetone, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol and water). Phytochemical analysis of B. spectabilis crude leaf extract revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phlobotannins, saponins, steroids, tannins, and terpenoids. Furthermore, the crude leaf extract inhibited cancer cells and had moderate anticancer efficacy against A549 cancer cell lines.

Bougainvillea spectabilis, Leaf crude extract, Phytochemicals, Anticancer applications

"PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES OF CRUDE LEAF EXTRACT OF BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABILIS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.c107-c112, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112215.pdf

"PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES OF CRUDE LEAF EXTRACT OF BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABILIS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppc107-c112, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112215.pdf