Euphorbia helioscopia (L.) (Euphorbiaceae) typically best-known as "Sun spurge" is an erect parsimoniously furred to glabrescent promising green fleshy annual herb up to 50 cm tall, found in the wild, throughout subcontinent. Traditionally the plant is used in skin eruption, cholera, glactagogue and leaves are used as laxative. The phytochemical constituents existing in the plant consist of terpenoids (euphornin L, euphoscopin F, epieuphoscopin B, euphoscopin B, euphoscopin C Euphoheliosnoid D, helioscopinolide A, Euphornin N, Euphoheliosnoids A, Euphoheliosnoids B, Euphoheliosnoids C), glycosides (Quercetin-3-β-glucoside, quercetin-3-β-galactoside,quercetin-3-β-galactoside-2"-gallate,3β,7β,15β-trihydroxy-14-oxolathyra-5E,12E-dienyl-16-O-β-d glucopyranoside) and aminoacids. [1]
