TY - JOUR AU - Ghogar, Anisa AU - Jiraungkoorskul, Kanitta AU - Jiraungkoorskul, Wannee PY - 2016/11/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Paper Flower, Bougainvillea spectabilis: Update Properties of Traditional Medicinal Plant JF - Journal of Natural Remedies JA - JNR VL - 16 IS - 3 SE - Review Articles DO - 10.18311/jnr/2016/5703 UR - https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jnr/article/view/5703 SP - 82-87 AB - Paper Flower, <em>Bougainvillea spectabilis</em> is reported to have medicinal values including anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-hepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antihyperlipidemic, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antiulcer properties. The phytoconstituents such as alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenolics, phlobotannins, quinones, saponins, tannins and terpenoids were reported as the basis of therapeutic properties. The other important constituents which contribute to the remedial properties are bougainvinones, pinitol, quercetagetin, quercetin and terpinolene. Published information on these update properties of <em>B. spectabilis</em> was gathered by the use of different database platforms, including Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, SciFinder and Scopus. This review article has attempted to suggest <em>B. spectabilis</em>, to be one of the choices in the traditional medicinal plant. ER -