Methanolic Crude Extract of Hagenia abyssinica Possesses Significant Antidiarrheal Effect: Evidence for In Vivo Antidiarrheal Activity

Table 4

In vivo antidiarrheal index of crude extract of H. abyssinica.

Dose administered	Delay in defecation time (Dfreq) (%)	Gut meal travel distance (Gmeq) (%)	Purging frequency in number of wet stools (%)	In vivoADI
Control	—	—	—	—
100 mg/kg	74.62	14.87	42.85	36.23
200 mg/kg	126.20	29.20	55.71	59.00
400 mg/kg	134.46	54.00	73.85	81.24
Loperamide 3 mg/kg	189.45	67.10	77.50	99.48

ADI = antidiarrheal index.