Table 4.

The result of anti-inflammatory activities of the crude saponin extracts of the five plants studied

Treatment Groups	Mean Increases in Paw Oedema ± SEM
	1 hour	2 hours	3 hours	4 hours
Normal saline (10ml/kg)	0.162 ± 0.014	0.238 ± 0.031	0.166 ± 0.032	0.172 ± 0.029
WSA (90mg/kg)	0.114 ± 0.016NS	0.158 ± 0.031*	0.102 ± 0.022NS	0.068± 0.019**
RAA (250mg/kg)	0.096± 0.004**	0.110± 0.010**	0.082 ± 0.011*	0.078± 0.011**
LDC (250mg/kg)	0.076± 0.028**	0.102± 0.029**	0.050 ± 0.026**	0.048±0.019***
BFI (20mg/kg)	0.064±0.008***	0.074±0.011***	0.056 ± 0.021**	0.058±0.012***
LIP (250mg/kg)	0.122 ± 0.009NS	0.146 ± 0.022*	0.108 ±0.013NS	0.104± 0.013*
Ketoprofen	0.056±0.010***	0.106 ± 0.009**	0.080 ± 0.013*	0.066±0.008***
(10mg/kg)
ONE WAY	df = 6, 28	df = 6, 28	df = 6, 28	df = 6, 28
ANOVA	F = 6.405	F = 5.615	F = 3.467	F = 6.011
	α = P<0.001	α = P<0.01	α = P<0.05	α = P<0.001

Note:-

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01,

^***P<0.001,

NS = not significant, n = 5