Research Article
Antisecretory and Spasmolytic Activities of Aqueous and Ethanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Nauclea diderrichii in Wistar Rats
Table 6
Effects of aqueous and ethanolic stem bark extracts of Nauclea diderichii on carbachol-induced intestinal motility.
| | Treatments | Dose (mg/kg) | Total length of intestine (cm) | Traveled distance by charcoal (cm) | Peristaltic index (%) | % inhibition |
| | DW (Neu) | 1 ml/100 g | | | | — | | DW (Neg) | 1 ml/100 g | | | | — | | DMSO (Neg) | 1 ml/100 g | | | | — | | Atropine | 1 | | | | 39.71 | | Aqueous extract | 100 | | | | 21.98 | | 200 | | | | 36.00 | | 300 | | | | 34.92 | | Ethanolic extract | 100 | | | a | 30.85 | | 200 | | b | b | 27.78 | | 300 | | a | a | 30.82 |
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