Table 3.

Influence of the aqueous and methanol extracts of Piptadeniastrum africanum on organs weight after CFA induced arthritis

	Dose (mg/kg)	Liver	Spleen	Kidney	Thymus
Healthy control	-	6.69 ± 0.16	0.60 ± 0.01	0.91 ± 0.03	0.63 ± 0.04
Arthritic control	-	9.19 ± 0.29β	1.27 ± 0.04β	1.35 ± 0.08β	0.31 ± 0.01β
Indomethacin	5	7.45 ± 0.40a	0.81 ± 0.01a	0.98 ± 0.02a	0.54 ± 0.01a
Aqueous extract	200	7.85 ± 0.03	0.90 ± 0.05	1.12 ± 0.01	0.45 ± 0.04
	400	6.61 ± 0.09b	0.77 ± 0.05a	0.91 ± 0.09b	0.54 ± 0.02a
Methanol extract	200	7.55 ± 0.30a	0.89 ± 0.01	1.03 ± 0.04a	0.59 ± 0.06b
	400	6.55 ± 0.30c	0.74 ± 0.14b	0.93 ± 0.06b	0.62 ± 0.01b

Each value represents the mean ± ESM for six animals and analyses by two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post-hoc test, ^β P < 0.01 when compared to healthy control, ^a P < 0.05, ^b P < 0.01, ^c P < 0.001 when compared to arthritic control