TABLE 1.

EFFECT OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF STEREOSPERMUM KUNTHIANUM STEM BARK ON CARRAGEENANINDUCED PAW OEDEMA

Treatment	Paw Oedema (mm)
	0 h	1 h	2 h	3 h	4 h	5 h	6 h
Distilled water (5 ml/kg)	4.95±0.05	6.35±0.40	7.00±0.18	7.15±0.12	8.05±0.55	7.90±0.49	7.50±0.29
S. kunthianum (100 mg/kg)	4.25±0.25	5.50±0.20	6.13±0.31a	6.25±0.25a	6.43±0.22a	6.25±0.25a	6.25±0.25a
S. kunthianum (200 mg/kg)	4.63±0.24	5.88±0.52	6.50±0.29	6.38±0.24a	6.25±0.25a	6.25±0.25a	6.25±0.25a
S. kunthianum (400 mg/kg)	5.00±0.41	5.50±0.35	6.28±0.28	6.25±0.25a	6.25±0.25a	6.2±0.20a	6.25±0.25a
Indomethacin (10 mg/kg)	4.88±0.31	6.30±0.24	6.55±0.32	6.40±0.37	6.25±0.25a	6.25±0.25a	6.13±0.31a

Values are Mean±SEM.

^aP < 0.05, significantly different from that of the same time of the distilled water group; Student's t-test (n=5 per group)