Phytochemical Screening and Antinociceptive and Antidiarrheal Activities of Hydromethanol and Petroleum Benzene Extract of Microcos paniculata Barks

Table 3

Effect of standard, HMPB, and PBMPB in acetic acid induced writhing test.

Group	Dose	Number of writhing processes	Inhibition (%)
Control	10 mL/kg	36.20 ± 1.50	0.00 ± 0.00
DS	100 mg/kg	4.40 ± 0.40	87.68 ± 1.36
HMPB	200 mg/kg	17.00 ± 0.32	52.75 ± 1.95
HMPB	400 mg/kg	9.40 ± 0.51	73.98 ± 1.24
PBMPB	200 mg/kg	20.20 ± 0.37	43.94 ± 1.72
PBMPB	400 mg/kg	13.20 ± 0.37	63.13 ± 2.51

Values of the number of writhing processes are presented as mean ± standard error. mice in each group. ⁢, versus control (Dunnett’s -test); , versus DS 100 mg/kg; , versus HMPB 200 mg/kg; , versus HMPB 400 mg/kg; , versus PBMPB 200 mg/kg; , versus PBMPB 400 mg/kg (pairwise comparison by post hoc Tukey’s HSD test).