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. 2015 Oct 7;15:349. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0868-0

Table 7.

Effect of E. dracunculoides on carrageenan-induced paw edema in rat

Treatment
mg/kg
Edema volume (ml)/ Percent edema inhibition
0 h 1 h 2 h 3 h 4 h
DMSO (2 ml) 0.506 ± 0.046 0.776 ± 0.045 0.710 ± 0.021 0.671 ± 0.017 0.600 ± 0.021
DIC (10) 0.551 ± 0.056 0.706 ± 0.056 0.640 ± 0.049 0.613 ± 0.049 0.586 ± 0.056
42.862 ± 5.614ab 56.903 ± 8.443ab 69.975 ± 5.730a 78.823 ± 6.395a
EDH (300) 0.548 ± 0.022 0.685 ± 0.033 0.630 ± 0.021 0.615 ± 0.018 0.600 ± 0.023
49.652 ± 7.649a 60.171 ± 3.690a 67.524 ± 8.004a 68.660 ± 10.502a
EDA (300) 0.548 ± 0.035 0.751 ± 0.027 0.696 ± 0.030 0.683 ± 0.032 0.651 ± 0.031
24.960 ± 7.283c 27.492 ± 5.730d 34.028 ± 9.170c 37.156 ± 6.297c
EDE (300) 0.560 ± 0.037 0.730 ± 0.016 0.676 ± 0.037 0.651 ± 0.039 0.640 ± 0.026
37.307 ± 8.113abc 43.014 ± 12.271bc 55.269 ± 7.215ab 51.384 ± 8.623b
EDEW (300) 0.520 ± 0.046 0.705 ± 0.045 0.643 ± 0.030 0.633 ± 0.044 0.608 ± 0.039
31.752 ± 3.883bc 39.746 ± 10.125cd 44.648 ± 9.127bc 46.302 ± 8.975bc
EDM (300) 0.545 ± 0.032 0.738 ± 0.026 0.683 ± 0.031 0.676 ± 0.026 0.653 ± 0.039
28.665 ± 11.396c 32.394 ± 8.443cd 35.662 ± 12.938c 34.107 ± 8.975c

EDH E. dracunculoides n-hexane extract, EDA E. dracunculoides aqueous extract, EDE E. dracunculoides ethyl acetate, EDEW E. dracunculoides ethyl acetate + water extract, EDM E. dracunculoides methanol extract (EDM), DIC diclofenac sodium

Data values shown represent mean ± SD (n = 6). Means with different superscript (a-d) letters in the column are significantly (P < 0.05) different from one another