Table 1.

Peak antisickling effect of crude aqueous and methanolic extracts of Telferia occidentalis (fluted pumpkin) leaves, seeds, and stem.

Crude extract	% of cells unsickled at 120 min
	10 mg	1 mg	0.1 mg
LEA	64.03 ± 1.69c,5	60.59 ± 1.60b,5	55.45 ± 1.46a,5
LEM	57.79 ± 2.61c4	50.82 ± 1.18b,4	46.11 ± 1.72a,4
STA	47.33 ± 2.11b,3	43.69 ± 3.20b,3	32.79 ± 1.80a,3
STM	33.98 ± 1.54c,1	26.51 ± 1.52b,1	15.36 ± 0.41a,1
SEA	37.45 ± 1.16c,2	31.35 ± 1.20b,2	27.48 ± 1.23a,2
SEM	—	—	36.23 ± 3.70

Values in the same row with different superscripts (a–c) are significantly different at p < 0.05.

Values in the same column with different superscripts (1–5) are significantly different at p < 0.05.

LEA: leaves aqueous extract, LEM: leaves methanolic extract, STA: stem aqueous extract, STM: stem methanolic extract, SEA: seeds aqueous extract, and SEM: seed methanolic extract.

Note: “—” represents complete lysis of hemoglobin.