Toxicological Characterization of Ten Medicinal Plants of the Beninese Flora Used in the Traditional Treatment of Diarrheal Diseases
Table 5
Evolution of the body weight of the Wistar rats.
Parameters
Rat weight
Plants
Extracts
Day 0
Day 14
Gain/loss
Gain/loss (%)
Control
D. W
137 ± 5.29
155.66 ± 4.16
18.67
13.62
Anacardium occidentale
H20
131.33 ± 5.13
160.33 ± 6.66
29
22.08
EtH20
140.33 ± 3.51
124.67 ± 5.03
4.33
3.09
Daniellia oliveri
H20
132.33 ± 4.73
146.67 ± 5.51
14.33
10.83
EtH20
139.67 ± 8.08
140.67 ± 2.52
1
0.716
Diospyros mespiliformis
H20
134.67 ± 6.43
136.33 ± 3.78
1.67
1.24
EtH20
157 ± 2
155.67 ± 8.50
5.33
3.39
Khaya senegalensis
H20
147 ± 6
134.33 ± 0.58
4
2.72
EtH20
135 ± 3
136 ± 4
1
0.74
Manihot esculenta
H20
134.33 ± 3.79
167 ± 8.18
32.67
24.32
EtH20
162.67 ± 11.93
172.67 ± 4.16
10
6.15
Ocimum gratissimum
H20
138 ± 7.55
124.67 ± 10.69
3.33
2.41
EtH20
134 ± 3.46
134.33 ± 6.03
0.33
0.25
Pterocarpus erinaceus
H20
138.67 ± 5.13
149 ± 7
10.33
7.45
EtH20
137.33 ± 3.05
141.33 ± 5.03
4
2.91
Rauvolfia vomitoria
H20
138 ± 2.64
154 ± 9.16
16
11.59
EtH20
160 ± 3.46
132.67 ± 1.53
6
3.75
Senna italica
H20
135.33 ± 2.51
163 ± 3.61
27.67
20.44
EtH20
131.67 ± 4.72
147.67 ± 6.81
16
12.15
Vernonia amygdalina
H2O
130 ± 7.94
140.33 ± 4.73
10.33
7.95
EtH20
132 ± 7.93
131 ± 6.56
1.33
1.01
H2O: aqueous extract; EtH2O: hydroethanolic extract; DW: distilled water. Significant difference with the control group (). 3.2.3. Effect of the Studied Plant Extracts on the Biochemical Parameters of Rats
