The Indian trumpet flower Oroxylum indicum is a holistic plant used since long time as astringent, acrid, refrigerant, aphrodisiac, expectorant, carminative, digestive, anti-helmintic, diaphoretic, diuretic, anti-arthritic, anti-diabetic, and febrifuges. The extract of the plant is an important component of various folklore medicines used for treatment of stomatitis, nasopharyngeal cancer and tuberculosis. The phytochemical analysis of the bark of the plant was done to give a preliminary idea on the possible bioactive group of compounds present to validate the resourcefulness of the plant for treating a wide range of disease including cancer. The phytochemical analysis performed for the presence of various bioactive compounds revealed presence of glycosides, flavanoids, sterols, quinines, fats and oils and revealed very little presence of alkaloids. These groups of secondary metabolites are known to possess various medicinal qualities that prove the potentiality of the plant for curing wide range of diseases including cancer.
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