Investigation of the Antidiarrheal and Antimicrobial Activities of 80% Methanolic Leaf Extract of Discopodium Penninervum (Hochst.)

Table 3

Evaluation of antidiarrheal activity of methanolic extracts of leaves of Discopodium Penninervum against castor oil induced diarrhea.

Gp no.	Dose	Onset of diarrhea	Total number of faeces	Weight of fresh fecal output
	-	23.83±8.52	11.67±2.80	1.38±0.3
	100mg/kg	52.00±2.83	7.83±1.47	0.98±0.06
	200mg/kg	58.17±2.04	6.67±1.63	0.89±0.06
	400mg/kg	84.67±7.61	5.17±1.17	0.65±0.21
	3mg/kg	138±33.75	3.00±1.79	0.46±0.32

Key: data are expressed as means ± SEM for six mice per a group; means p<0.01; means p<0.05.