Effect of 70% Ethanol Extract and its Solvent Fractions of <i>Artemisia afra</i> (Jacq. Ex Willd.) against Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure in Mice

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Plant material</td><td class="align_center">Type of fraction</td><td class="align_center">Weight of fraction obtained (g)</td><td class="align_center">Percentage of yield (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4"><i>A. afra</i></td><td class="align_center">Petroleum ether fraction</td><td class="align_center">2.32</td><td class="align_center">11.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Dichloromethane fraction</td><td class="align_center">3.78</td><td class="align_center">18.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Ethanol fraction</td><td class="align_center">4.85</td><td class="align_center">24.25</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Aqueous residue</td><td class="align_center">9.56</td><td class="align_center">47.8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Yields of the solvent fraction of 30 gm of 70% ethanol crude extract of <i>A. afra.</i></div>

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Table 2: Effect of 70% Ethanol Extract and its Solvent Fractions of <i>Artemisia afra</i> (Jacq. Ex Willd.) against Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure in Mice 

Table 2 | Effect of 70% Ethanol Extract and its Solvent Fractions of Artemisia afra (Jacq. Ex Willd.) against Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure in Mice 