Table 7.

Effects of leaf extract of A. alba in castor oil-induced antidiarrheal test.

Group	Dose (mg/kg)	Total number of feces (mean ± SEM)	% inhibition of defecation	Total number of diarrheal feces (mean ± SEM)	% inhibition of diarrhea
Control	1% Tween 80, 10 ml/kg	8.25 ± 0.50	—	5.50 ± 0.27	—
Loperamide	3	3.25 ± 0.23	60.61	2.25 ± 0.15	59.09
Methanol extract	200	6.10 ± 0.31	26.06	4.90 ± 0.34	10.91
Methanol extract	400	5.50 ± 0.15	33.33∗	3.80 ± 0.21	30.91∗
Methanol extract	500	4.90 ± 0.27	40.61∗∗	2.95 ± 0.19	46.36∗∗

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5), ^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01, which considered significance compared with the control group (one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's test).