Research Article
Antisecretory and Spasmolytic Activities of Aqueous and Ethanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Nauclea diderrichii in Wistar Rats
Table 4
Spasmolytic effect of aqueous and ethanolic stem bark extracts of Nauclea diderrichii on normal motility.
| | Treatments | Dose (mg/kg) | Total length of intestine (cm) | Traveled distance by charcoal (cm) | Peristaltic index (%) | % inhibition |
| | Distilled water | 1 ml/100 g | | | | — | | DMSO (5%) | 1 ml/100 g | | | | — | | Atropine sulfate | 1 | | | | 31.08 | | Aqueous extract | 100 | | | | 11.94 | | 200 | | | | 31.07 | | 300 | | | | 31.67 | | Ethanolic extract | 100 | | | a | 24.32 | | 200 | | b | b | 32.70 | | 300 | | a | a | 26.40 |
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