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Table 2 Actions of methanol bark extract of Hymenocardia acida on enteropooling in mice

From: Antidiarrhoeal potentials of methanol bark extract of Hymenocardia Acida Tul (Euphorbiaceae) in laboratory animals

Treatments (mg/kg)

Volume of intestinal content(ml)

Percentage inhibition (%)

DW (10 ml/kg)

0.30 ± 0.02

–

MEHA (150)

0.12 ± 0.02*

60.00

MEHA (300)

0.15 ± 0.02*

50.00

MEHA (600)

0.11 ± 0.05*

63.33

LOP (3)

0.10 ± 0.01*

66.66

  1. The values represented as Mean ± SEM; *p < 0.05, compared to the distilled water group (one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's post hoc test), DW = distilled Water, MEHA = methanol stem bark extract of H. acida, LOP = loperamide, p.o = per oral, n = 6
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