(Department Of Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, 1992) Odunsi, Adepeju Olubanwo
Plants of the Euphorbiaceous are used as sources of drugs. the biological activities of this family are attributed to their diterpenoid constituents. This study was therefore designed to isolate and characterise diterpenoids from some species of the Euphorbiaceans. Latex of Euphorbia Lateriflora Schum & Thonn. and root bark of Eupphorbia kaene