Published on May 4, 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
    OFFICER
UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
    I, John
S. Kovach, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lixte
Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., certify that:
    | 1.  | I
      have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
      ended March 31, 2010 of Lixte Biotechnology Holdings,
  Inc.; | 
| 2.  | Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
      report; | 
| 3.  | Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
      financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      report; | 
| 4.  | I
      am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
      procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
      the registrant and I have: | 
| (a)  | Designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure
      that material information relating to the registrant, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
      prepared; | 
| (b)  | Designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles; | 
| (c)  | Evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the
      disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
      this report based on such evaluation;
and | 
| (d)  | Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
      fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
      annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
      reporting; and | 
| 5.  | I
      have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
      over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
      committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the
      equivalent functions): | 
| (a)  | All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information;
  and | 
| (b)  | Any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
      over financial reporting. | 
| Date:  May
      3, 2010 | By: | /s/
      JOHN S. KOVACH | 
| John
      S. Kovach | ||
| Chief
      Executive Officer and | ||
|   Chief
      Financial Officer |