Antidiarrheal and Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extract of Bryophyllum pinnatum Leaf Harvested from South-Eastern Nigeria in Mice

Table 3

Effects of BPE and loperamide on the enteropooling in mice.

Treatment	WT of intestinal content (g)	% inhibition
Distilled water 10 ml/kg	0.91 ± 0.01	-
Loperamide 5 mg/kg	0.45 ± 0.07	50.55
BPE 50 mg/kg	0.60 ± 0.01	34.07
BPE 100 mg/kg	0.67 ± 0.01	26.37
BPE 200 mg/kg	0.66 ± 0.01	27.47

when compared with distilled water treated group. BPE = Bryophyllum pinnatum extract, WT = weight.