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Phytochemicals derived from the secondary metabolites has been emerged out as a source of drugs in Pharmaceutical Industry. These Plant constituents are playing an important role as a therapeutic agents in many diseases. One of the several family of the Plant kingdom, family Bignoniaceae has been of great importance of which many chemical constituents like naphthoquinones, of the lapachol type, iridoid glucosides, alkaloids, flavones, triterpenes, polyphenols, tannins and seed oils Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers, a popular ornamental plant is cultivated throughout the tropics, and is native to the Brazil. In the traditional Brazilian medicine, the aerial parts of Pyrostegia venusta are used as infusion or decoction and administered orally as a general tonic, as well as a treatment for diarrhoea, vitiligo, cough, and common diseases of the respiratory system related to infections, such as bronchitis, flu and cold. So the present work focuses on different Pharmacological actions of the chemical constituents present in Pyrostegia venusta.