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. 2015 May 22;15:154. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0671-y

Table 3.

Anti-tussive activity of the ethanol extract of M. punicea in the phenol red secretion of mice tracheas

Group Dose (mg/kg) Absorbance (A) Increase (%)
Control -- 0.0733 ± 0.019 --
EEM 500 i.p. 0.1608 ± 0.0301** 119.37
250 i.p. 0.1051 ± 0.0246* 43.38
125 i.p. 0.0836 ± 0.0178 13.32
NH4Cl 1500 i.p. 0.1451 ± 0.0147* 97.95

Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M. of 10 mice

*P < 0.05 compared with control.**P < 0.01 compared with control