Table 3.

In vivo antidiarrhoeal activity

Compound	Dosage (mg/kg)	The proportion of Weight of Watery Stool (%)	The onset of Diarrhoea (hour)	Total Number of Stools	Number of Watery Stool	Inhibition of Defecation (%)	Inhibition of Diarrhoea (%)
Control	-	83.07 ± 5.98	1.83 ± 0.31	16.33 ± 1.50	13.17 ± 2.06	0.0	0.0
Loperamide	4.2	42.49 ± 14.57*	3.67 ± 0.56*	6.83 ± 2.75*	3.83 ± 1.72**	58.16	70.89
EEZJ	400	77.34 ± 3.70ns	2.33 ± 0.21ns	11.17 ± 1.90ns	9.00 ± 0.97ns	31.63	31.66
EEZJ	800	73.00 ± 3.90ns	2.33 ± 0.33ns	10.50 ± 1.38ns	8.67 ± 1.01ns	35.70	34.17
EEZJ	1200	66.23 ± 12.06ns	2.83 ± 0.48ns	8.50 ± 1.82*	4.33 ± 1.45**	47.95	67.09

(means ± S.E.M; n = 6); ns P ≥ 0.05 compared to control (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s Test);

^*P ≤ 0.05 compared to control (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s Test);

^**P ≤ 0.01 compared to control (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s Test.