Research Article

Evaluation of Antidiarrheal Activity of Methanolic Extract of Maranta arundinacea Linn. Leaves

Table 4

Cytotoxic effect of MEMA leaves on shrimp nauplii. Cytotoxicity effect of MEMA at various concentrations on the viability of brine shrimp nauplii was examined after 24 hrs incubation.

Concentration (μg/mL)% of mortalityLD50 (μg/mL)

505
10015
30020420
50060
80075

All values were the mean of three replicates.