Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION ON BOUGAINVILLE GLABRA LEAVES

*Mathew George, Pius K. L., Sneha P. K., Vijisha George, Lincy Joseph and Edvin Semi

Abstract

Bougainvillea glabragrows 1 to 12 tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 4-13 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. Its leaves are collected and dried. Authenticated leaves. Dried leaves are extracted with alcohol and waterin Soxhlet extractor. The extract subjected to various phytochemical tests. Carbohydrates, Glycosides, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, and Terpenoidsare found to be in Bougainvillea glabra leaves.

Keywords: Bougainvillea glabra leaves, phytochemical analysis, organoleptic character.