Table 1. Antipyretic Action of Viscosine against Yeast-Induced Pyrexia in Mice^a.

	dosage (mg/kg)
time (h)	saline	V30	V60	aspirin (100)
	body temperature
0	35.03 ± 0.26	34.77 ± 0.13	34.78 ± 0.12	35.02 ± 0.09
0.5	36.84 ± 0.19	37.11 ± 0.18	36.85 ± 0.14	36.07 ± 0.14
1	36.96 ± 0.12	36.83 ± 0.14	36.65 ± 0.17	36.59 ± 0.11
2	36.89 ± 0.09	36.54 ± 0.19	36.33 ± 0.09**	36.26 ± 0.29**
3	36.72 ± 0.11	36.04 ± 0.16**	36.12 ± 0.07**	35.81 ± 0.04***
4	36.59 ± 0.09	35.59 ± 0.12***	35.67 ± 0.09***	35.45 ± 0.02***
5	36.57 ± 0.06	35.26 ± 0.19***	35.28 ± 0.11***	35.24 ± 0.08***

^aData are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. Significant at **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 compared to control.