Composition and Antidiarrheal Activity of Bidens odorata Cav.

Table 1

Antidiarrheal effect of the aqueous, chloroform, and methanol extracts of B. odorata on mice with castor-oil-induced diarrhea^a.

Treatment	Doses mg/kg	Percentage of inhibition ± s.e.
Vehicle	0.1 mL	—
Aqueous extract	200	43.8±3.6^∗
Methanol extract	200	35.6±5.8^∗
CBO	200	72.7±5.3^∗
Loperamide	2.5	81.5±4.5

aThe results are the mean of 15 animals ± standard error.
∗Significant difference was found: 𝑃<0.05.