Table 6.

Effect of Alchornea laxiflora root extract on formalin hind paw licking in mice.

		Time intervals (h)
Treatments	Dose (mg/kg)	5	10	15	20	25	30	TOTAL
Control	10 ml/kg	23.50 ± 0.86	23.0 ± 0.70	20.50 ± 1.44	13.50 ± 0.28	14.25 ± 0.25	11.50 ± 1.50	106.25 ± 5.03
Extract	75	17.25 ± 2.17	2.75 ± 1.37c	2.50 ± 0.28b	2.75 ± 0.47b	8.75 ± 1.49b	15.50 ± 1.44	49.50 ± 7.22c
	150	21.50 ± 1.84	1.25 ± 0.94c	2.50 ± 0.28c	0.25 ± 0.25c	5.25 ± 0.47c	12.50 ± 0.95	43.25 ± 4.73c
	225	25.75 ± 4.07c	1.50 ± 0.86b	1.50 ± 0.95c	4.00 ± 1.82c	7.50 ± 0.86b	13.50 ± 1.50	53.75 ± 10.06c
Dichloromethane fraction	150	10.75 ± 1.88	2.75 ± 0.75c	0.75 ± 0.47c	1.25 ± 0.75c	5.25 ± 1.03c	10.00 ± 3.94	30.75 ± 8.82c
Ethyl acetate fraction	150	9.25 ± 1.49a	1.50 ± 0.95c	0.75 ± 0.47c	2.50 ± 1.04c	0.25 ± 0.01c	0.00 ± 0.00c	14.25 ± 3.96c
n-Butanol fraction	150	21.75 ± 2.47c	1.75 ± 0.85c	2.75 ± 1.79c	7.00 ± 1.73b	11.25 ± 3.94	17.25 ± 0.62	61.75 ± 11.40c
ASA	100	15.75 ± 1.03a	3.50 ± 0.64b	2.00 ± 0.40c	2.00 ± 0.70c	1.50 ± 0.28c	2.50 ± 0.28c	27.25 ± 3.33c

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

Significant at

^ap < 0.05,

^bp < 0.01,

^cp < 0.001 when compared to control n = 6.