TABLE 5.

The antidiarrheal and analgesic effect of different extracts of Colocasia affinis respectively on castor oil-induced and acetic acid-induced test in mice.

Animal group with respective doses (ml/kg or mg/kg, b.w; p.o)	Number of diarrheal feces (mean ± SEM)	% Reduction of diarrhea	Number of writhing (mean ± SEM)	% Reduction of writhing
CTL	8.6 ± 0.64	-	17.2 ± 0.38	-
STD (Loperamide/Diclofenac sodium)	2.8 ± 0.56***	67.44	3.8 ± 0.2***	77.91
DCMSF 200	5.2 ± 0.16***	39.53	10.4 ± 0.51***	39.53
DCMSF 400	4.2 ± 0.56*	51.16	8.2 ± 0.37***	52.33
AQSF 200	7 ± 0.8***	18.6	10.8 ± 0.58***	37.21
AQSF 400	6.2 ± 0.56***	27.91	10.2 ± 0.8**	40.70
HSF 200	7.6 ± 0.24***	11.63	14 ± 0.32***	18.60
HSF 400	6.8 ± 0.56***	20.93	13 ± 0.45***	24.42
EASF 200	8 ± 0.8***	6.98	14.4 ± 0.51***	16.28
EASF 400	7.2 ± 0.56***	16.28	12 ± 0.55***	30.23

Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM (n = 5); CTL, negative control; STD, positive control; ***p< 0.001, **p< 0.01, *p< 0.05 compared to control compared to negative control.