Table 3.

Results from P. perfoliatus extract on Brewer’s yeast-induced pyrexia in mice.

Sample	Dose (mg/kg)	Rectal Temperature (°C)	Rectal Temperature Recorded Following Different Treatments (h)
			0.5	1	2	3	24
Control	-	38.78 ± 0.26	38.88 ± 0.16	38.66 ± 0.19	38.86 ± 0.19	38.70 ± 0.20	38.34 ± 0.21
P. perfoliatus extract	200	37.94 ± 0.36	38.24 ± 0.13	38.84 ± 0.46	38.62 ± 0.21	38.28 ± 0.24	37.26 ± 0.63
	400	38.86 ± 0.33	39.10 ± 0.32	38.96 ± 0.27	38.52 ± 0.15	38.74 ± 0.16	37.84 ± 0.45
	600	38.56 ± 0.15	38.73 ± 0.14	37.40 ± 0.20 *	37.5 ± 0.4 *	37.30 ± 0.17 *	37.50 ± 0.24
Paracetamol	150	38.60 ± 0.18	38.14 ± 0.19	37.50 ± 0.31	37.12 ± 0.29 *	36.96 ± 0.24 *	36.50 ± 0.22 *

Results are shown as mean ± S.E.M (n = 5), * p < 0.05 vs. control values. 18 h after yeast injection.