Table 5.

Effect of aqueous extract of flowers from N. arbor-tristis on food intake, water intake and bodyweight change in mice after 30 days of treatment

		# of Weeks
Parameters	Treatment	1	2	3	4
Food intake (g)	Control	0.1597 ± 0.0105	0.1556 ± 0.005	0.1543 ± 0.008	0.1553 ± 0.007
	Treatment	0.1757 ± 0.0180	0.1690 ± 0.0140	0.1653 ± 0.007	0.1657 ± 0.0135
Water intake (ml)	Control	0.2394 ± 0.0198	0.2369 ± 0.0176	0.2350 ± 0.0153	0.1753 ± 0.0776
	Treatment	0.2668 ± 0.0173	0.2574 ± 0.0235	0.2593 ± 0.0233	0.2516 ± 0.0249
Body weight (g)	Control	42.00 ± 1.25	42.00 ± 1.27	41.88 ± 1.29	41.63 ± 1.41
	Treatment	39.67 ± 1.72	39.44 ± 1.69	39.67 ± 1.65	40.22 ± 1.69

The data are given as mean ± S.EM (n = 9). No statistically significant differences were observed between values. Control group was given distilled water while treated group was given 500 mg/kg of the extract. The data was analyzed by parametric method-ANOVA