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Table 2.

Anti-inflammatory activity of the ethanolic extract of Psidium guajava leaves on subacute inflammation by granuloma pouch method in albino rats

Group	Drug dose p.o.	Mean volume of exudate (Mean ± SEM) (mL)	Inhibition of exudate formation (%)
A (Control)	10 mL/kg	3.60 ± 0.04	-
B (PGE)	250 mg/kg	2.20 ± 0.25^a,^b	38.88
C (PGE)	500 mg/kg	1.30 ± 0.03^a,^b	63.88
D (Aspirin)	100 mg/kg	1.05 ± 0.02^a	70.83
	F	936.9
One-way ANOVA	df	20,3
	P		>0.05

PGE, Psidium guajava; SEM, standard error of mean; ANOVA, analysis of variance, Values = Mean±SEM, n = 6;

a → P < 0.05 when compared with control;

b → P < 0.05 when compared with standard; ANOVA followed by Dunnet’s multiple comparison test.