Table 3.

Evaluation of food and water consumption by both the negative control group and the group treated with the aqueous stem extract of B. alnoides at the dose of 5000 mg/kg.

Parameters	Negative control	5000 mg/kg extract
Food consumption (g)
Week 1: days 1–3	20.30 ± 0.67	37.67 ± 1.17a,1
Week 1: days 4–7	19.00 ± 0.41	20.25 ± 0.63
Week 2: days 8–14	19.29 ± 0.41	19.71 ± 0.46
Water consumption (mL)
Week 1: days 1–3	19.67 ± 0.33	37.00 ± 2.00b,2
Week 1: days 4–7	20.25 ± 0.63	21.75 ± 0.63
Week 3: days 8–14	18.43 ± 0.43	28.86 ± 0.47

Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 6/group). ^aSignificantly higher food consumption than that of negative control. ¹Significantly higher food consumption than those of the groups treated with 5000 mg/kg extract on days 4–7 and days 8–14. ^bSignificantly higher water consumption than that of the negative control. ²Significantly higher water consumption than those of the groups treated with 5000 mg/kg extract on days 4–7 and days 8–14.