Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Triterpenoids Isolated from Endemic Euphorbia arbuscula Stem Latex

Table 2

Phytochemical screening of stem latex extracts of E. arbuscula.

Phytochemical constituent	Crude extracts
	Total MeOH	n-Hex	CHCl3	EtOAc	n-BuOH
Terpenoids (Salkowski test)	+	+	+	−	−
Alkaloids
Mayer’s test	+	−	−	+	+
Wagner’s test	+	−	−	+	+
Flavonoids	+	−	+	+	−
Tannins	+	+	+	+	+
Phenols	+	+	+	+	+
Saponins	−	−	−	+	+
Glycoside	−	−	−	−	−
Cardiac glycoside	+	−	+	+	−
Steroids	+	+	+	−	−

+: presence; −: nonpresence; MeOH: methanol; n-Hex: n-hexane; CHCl₃: chloroform; EtOAc: ethyl acetate; n-BuOH: n-butanol.