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.