Table 2.
Anti-nociceptive effects of H. antidysenterica seed extracts in hot plate test.
| Latency time (s) (% MPE) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Group | Dose (mg/kg) | Pretreatment | 30 min | 60 min | 90 min |
| Control | Nil | 8.00 ± 0.89 | 8.40 ± 0.40 | 8.80 ± 0.58 | 8.40 ± 0.75 |
| Standard | 5 | 10.80 ± 0.37 | 14.80 ± 0.86∗∗∗(43.48) | 16.60 ± 0.51∗∗∗(63.04) | 12.40 ± 0.51∗∗ (17.39) |
| Group I | 50 | 9.80 ± 0.97 | 11.60 ± 0.51∗ (17.65) | 11.20 ± 0.86∗ (13.73) | 10.80 ± 0.37 (9.80) |
| Group II | 100 | 10.40 ± 0.51 | 13.20 ± 1.36∗∗ (29.17) | 12.20 ± 0.58∗∗ (18.75) | 11.60 ± 1.08∗ (12.50) |
| Group III | 150 | 10.80 ± 0.37 | 17.00 ± 1.27∗∗∗(67.39) | 13.60 ± 0.93∗∗∗ (30.43) | 13.20 ± 1.02∗∗∗(26.09) |
Data values are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 5); MPE, Maximum possible effect; Numbers in parentheses indicates %MPE compared to control; ∗p ˂ 0.05, ∗∗p ˂ 0.01 and ∗∗∗p ˂ 0.001 compared with control group (One way ANOVA with post hoc Dunnett's test).