Table 3.

The effect of MECE and standard drug on anxiety during the light dark box test.

Obj. no.	Treatments	Spent time in the dark chamber
1	Control	21.79 ± 10.89
2	Standard 1 mg/ml	8.73 ± 4.37
3	Extract 200 mg/kg	5.97 ± 2.98∗∗
4	Extract 400 mg/kg	7.33 $\pm$ 3.66∗∗

All values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 4); significance at ∗∗P < 0.001 as compared to control.

Dunnett test using ONE-WAY-ANNOVA is used for the statistical analysis.