Antidiarrhoeal Activity of Musa paradisiaca Sap in Wistar Rats

Table 3

Effects of Musa paradisiaca sap on castor oil-induced enteropooling in Wistar rats.

	Distilled water	Atropine sulphate (mg/kg body weight)	Musa paradisiaca sap (mL)
Parameters/dose (mL)	0	2.5	0.25	0.5	1.0
Mass of intestinal fluid (g)	2.17 ± 0.08^a	1.30 ± 0.09^b	2.01 ± 0.07^a	1.71 ± 0.07^c	1.04 ± 0.04^d
Volume of intestinal fluid (mL)	2.14 ± 0.05^a	1.26 ± 0.04^b	1.98 ± 0.06^a	1.67 ± 0.06^c	1.02 ± 0.02^b
Inhibition of intestinal content (%)	0	41.12	7.47	21.90	52.30

Data are mean of six determinations ± SEM. Test values with superscripts b, c, and d different from that of the castor oil-induced diarrhoea distilled water treated control, a, across the row for each parameter are significantly different ().