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

Table 1

The overall yield and percentage of stem latex extracts of E. arbuscula.

Latex extracts	Character	Weight (g)	Percentage of yield (%) w/A	Percentage of yield (%) w/B
Ethanol	Yellowish brown semisolid	309.05	80.48	—
First oil layer	Yellow semisolid	222.09	57.83	71.86
Second oil layer	Yellow semisolid	42.07	10.95	13.61
Precipitate from	Yellow powder	4.77	1.24	1.54
Methanol layer
Methanol	Brown semisolid	38.12	9.92	12.33
n-Hexane	Yellow powder	15.54	4.04	5.02
Chloroform	Brown semisolid	1.85	0.48	0.59
Ethyl acetate	Dark brown powder	1.08	0.28	0.34
Butanol	Brown semisolid	13.89	3.61	4.48

A: weight of the dried stem latex (384 g) of E. arbuscula and B: weight of the crude ethanol extract (309.05 g) stem latex of E. arbuscula.