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

Table 5

Evaluation of antidiarrheal activity of methanolic extracts of leaves of Descopodium Penninervum in gastrointestinal motility test.

Groups	Dose	% Traversed by charcoal meal
	-	86.07±8.59
	100mg/kg	78.77±10.6
	200mg/kg	65.74±8.92
	400mg/kg	48.34±6.70
	3mg/kg	23.45±8.37

Key: data are expressed as means ± SEM for six mice per a group; means p<0.01; means p<0.05; ns: p>0.05, not significant.