Table 2.

Effects of crude extract and solvent fractions of the leaf of B.abyssinica on enteropooling

Types of treatment	Weight of intestinal contents (g)	The volume of the intestinal contents (ml)	Reduction of weight of intestinal contents (%)	Reduction of volume of the intestinal contents (%)
NC	0.85 ± 0.04	0.72 ± 0.05	–––––––	–––––––
Loperamide 3 mg/kg	0.26 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.04	69.41	75.00
Crude extract (mg/kg)
100	0.61 ± 0.03a2b3e3	0.50 ± 0.05a2b3e3	28.24	30.56
200	0.48 ± 0.04a3b2	0.37 ± 0.04a3b1	43.53	48.61
400	0.33 ± 0.03a3c3	0.21 ± 0.03a3c3	61.18	70.83
AF(mg/kg)
100	0.64 ± 0.02 a2b3e3	0.54 ± 0.02a2b3e2	24.71	25.00
200	0.50 ± 0.03a3b3	0.46 ± 0.03a3b3	41.18	36.11
400	0.35 ± 0.03a3c3	0.31 ± 0.03a3c2	58.82	56.94
CF(mg/kg)
100	0.67 ± 0.02 a1b3	0.57 ± 0.02 b3	21.18	20.83
200	0.66 ± 0.04a2b3	0.55 ± 0.04a2b3	22.35	23.61
400	0.53 ± 0.04a3 b3	0.42 ± 0.04a3b2	37.65	41.67
NHF(mg/kg)
100	0.81 ± 0.04 b3	0.69 ± 0.05 b3	4.71	4.17
200	0.79 ± 0.03 b3	0.68 ± 0.03 b3	7.06	5.56
400	0.67 ± 0.04 a1b3	0.53 ± 0.04a1 b3	21.18	20.83

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6); statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test. ^acompared to negative control, ^bcompared to loperamide, ^ccompared to 100 mg/kg, ^dcompared to 200 mg/kg, ^ecompared to 400 mg/kg. ¹p < 0.05, ²p < 0.01, ³p < 0.001. NC negative control