Table 7. Effects of the aqueous leaf extract of P. suberosa on food intake, water intake and bodyweight change in mice after chronic treatment.

The data are shown as the means ± SEM (n = 9). No statistically significant differences were observed between values. The control group was given distilled water, and the treated group was given 50 mg/kg of the extract. Data were analysed using one-way ANOVA and Kuskal–Wallis tests.

Parameters	Treatment	# of weeks
		1	2	3	4
Food intake (g)	Control	25.01 ± 0.73	26.05 ± 0.66	28.06 ± 0.92	27.61 ± 0.64
	50 mg/kg of ALE	24.62 ± 0.62	25.71 ± 0.72	29.11 ± 0.82	28.66 ± 0.74
Water intake (mL)	Control	40.17 ± 0.83	38.62 ± 0.59	42.58 ± 0.45	38.94 ± 0.74
	50 mg/kg of ALE	42.65 ± 0.83	40.81 ± 0.93	40.83 ± 0.30	39.33 ± 0.83
Body weight (g)	Control	36.09 ± 0.70	37.82 ± 0.72	39.56 ± 0.82	41.20 ± 0.80
	50 mg/kg of ALE	35.17 ± 0.80	36.95 ± 0.87	38.70 ± 0.93	40.33 ± 0.88