Table 5.
Weight assessment of female Balb/c mice treated orally with repeated doses of EEEp, FDMEp, and control.
| Day | Weight (g) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| GC | EEEp | FDMEp | |
| 1 | 28.42 ± 1.13 | 27.54 ± 2.12 | 26.36 ± 1.27 |
| 7 | 29.56 ± 1.12 | 28.85 ± 1.52 | 28.56 ± 1.95 |
| 14 | 29.62 ± 1.41 | 29.39 ± 1.32 | 30.93 ± 1.48 |
| 21 | 31.27 ± 1.51 | 32.28 ± 0.87 | 31.82 ± 1.38 |
Days = period of treatment. EEEp: ethanolic extract of Eleutherine plicata; FDMEp: dichloromethane fraction of Eleutherine plicata; CG: Control group (99 % water + 1 % DMSO). Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 5).