Table-2.

Effect of ethanolic extract of seeds of H. antidysenterica on E. coli induced diarrhea in rats.

Group (n=5)	Treatment	Feacal consistency on 0 day	Feacal consistency on 3 day	Body weight (g)		Mean body weight change (g)
				0 day	3 day
Group B-I	Saline at 5 ml/kg body wt.	Normal	Normal	187.0±5.24a	189.60±4.96d	6.60±1.69ab
Group B-II	Saline at 5 ml/kg body wt.	Loose semisolid	Loose semisolid	187.6±2.11a	161.80±1.35a	23.00±2.25c
Group B-III	Gentamicin at 8 mg/kg body wt.	Loose semisolid	Normal	185.2±2.71a	175.80±1.28bc	8.80±1.85ab
Group B-IV	HAE at 100 mg/kg body wt.	Loose semisolid	Loose semisolid	188.6±3.14a	169.00±2.23ab	14.00±1.34b
Group B-V	HAE at 200 mg/kg body wt.	Loose semisolid	Normal	190.2±2.61a	189.80±2.88d	3.80±0.73a
Group B-VI	HAE at 400 mg/kg body wt.	Loose semisolid	Normal	188.2±3.32a	184.60±2.11cd	6.00±2.60ab

Values are expressed as mean±SEM (n=5), and bearing different superscript was considered significant (p<0.05) when compared with control groups. HAE=Ethanolic extract of Holarrhena antidysenterica seed, SEM=Standard error of the mean, H. antidysenterica=Holarrhena antidysenterica, E. coli=Escherichia coli