Table 2.

The yield and triterpenoid contents of Ligustrum plants leaves extracted with methanol.

Plants	Yield (%)	Amyrin (μg/g)	Betulin (μg/g)	Betulinic acid (μg/g)	Lupeol (μg/g)	Oleanolic acid (μg/g)	Ursolic acid (μg/g)
L. pricei	16.34	3782.81 ± 38.83*	-	1877.89 ± 5.82***	3765.78 ± 61.69*	380.21 ± 15.63**	1070.76 ± 5.90**
L. sinense	28.74	2031.93 ± 24.31	-	313.43 ± 7.53	1983.26 ± 36.71	205.12 ± 0.30	680.25 ± 14.21
L. lucidum	41.77	603.86 ± 5.99***	623.63 ± 3.32	472.26 ± 1.72**	629.68 ± 11.06*	957.69 ± 4.81***	3412.53 ± 6.84***

Data were expressed as mean ± SEM for three repeats. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 compared with L. sinense.