Sickled Erythrocytes Reversal and Membrane Stabilizing Compounds in Telfairia occidentalis

Table 1

Peak antisickling effect of crude aqueous and methanolic extracts of Telferia occidentalis (fluted pumpkin) leaves, seeds, and stem.

Crude extract	% of cells unsickled at 120 min
	10 mg	1 mg	0.1 mg
LEA
LEM
STA
STM
SEA
SEM	—	—

Values in the same row with different superscripts (a–c) are significantly different at .
Values in the same column with different superscripts (1–5) are significantly different at .
LEA: leaves aqueous extract, LEM: leaves methanolic extract, STA: stem aqueous extract, STM: stem methanolic extract, SEA: seeds aqueous extract, and SEM: seed methanolic extract.
Note: “—” represents complete lysis of hemoglobin.