Composition and Antidiarrheal Activity of Bidens odorata Cav.

Table 4

Effect of F4, palmitic, oleic, linoleic, and stearic acids, and their mixture at doses of 1.56 to 100 mg/kg on castor-oil-induced diarrhea.

Doses mg/kg	Diarrhea inhibition (%)
	F4	Linoleic acid	Palmitic acid	Stearic acid	Oleic acid	Acids mixture
1.56	10.6±4.7	31.7±5.7	22.2±6.9	26.3±12.1	27.3±1.8	29.3±3.3
3.12	22.4±3	38.1±4.8^∗	30.2±6.3	19.3±4.6	20±7.9	31.2±1.5
6.25	20±4.2	44.8±4.6^∗	60.3±7.5^∗	17.5±9.3	54.5±7.9^∗	27.5±2.1
12.5	50.5±6.1^∗	44.9±1.7^∗	58.6±6^∗	19.3±4.7	52.7±6.3^∗	53.2±8.3^∗
25	67.6±3.6^∗∗	53.2±6.3^∗	60.8±2.5^∗	12.3±4.7	50.9±6.5^∗	46.7±4.2^∗
50	74.7±1.0^∗∗	46.8±7.6^∗	56.9±1.3^∗	14.0±3.6	52.7±6^∗	47.7±3.6^∗
100	90.1±3.2^∗∗	42.1±5.6^∗	67.5±4.9^∗	43.9±0.8^∗	58.2±7.2^∗	70.6±8.7^∗∗

The results are expressed as the mean of 15 animals ± standard error. ^∗𝑃<0.05 and ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 with respect to the C-group.