Table- 3.

Effect of the methanol extract of Rhus semialata fruits at different dose levels on PGE₂-induced enteropooling.

Group	Treatment	Volume of intestinal fluid ml	Percentage of inhibition
I	2% v/v aqueous Tween 80 (1 ml/ kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	2.82 ± 0.18*
II	Extract (100mg/kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	2.20 ± 0.14*	21.98
III	Extract (200mg/kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	1.92 ± 0.09**	31.91
IV	Extract (400mg/kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	1.60 ± 0.12**	43.62
V	Extract (600mg/kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	1.24 ± 0.08*	56.03
VI	Atropine sulphate (3.0 mg/kg) + PGE2 in ethanol (100 µg/kg)	0.94 ± 0.45 **	66.67

Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M., n = 6.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p <0.01 when compared with vehicle-control.