Table 2.

Tail flick analgesic effect of A. alnifolia leaf extracts in mice.

Treatment	Response (s)/time (min)
	0	30	60	90	120
Control	5.86 ± 0.33	6.76 ± 0.32	6.38 ± 0.72	7.08 ± 0.55	6.8 ± 0.24
Pentazocine (10 mg/kg)	5.5 ± 0.12	5.83 ± 0.34	6.18 ± 0.22	8.28 ± 0.14	10.48 ± 0.56***
AAAE (200 mg/kg)	6.02 ± 0.78	6.12 ± 0.24	7.23 ± 0.32	7.65 ± 0.53	8.39 ± 0.27***
AAAE (400 mg/kg)	5.88 ± 0.42	6.88 ± 0.62	7.67 ± 0.77	8.14 ± 0.32	9.31 ± 0.32***
AAME (200 mg/kg)	5.69 ± 26	5.98 ± 0.13	6.49 ± 0.25	7.22 ± 0.39	7.82 ± 0.43**
AAME (400 mg/kg)	5.44 ± 0.25	6.42 ± 0.18	7.08 ± 0.28	7.63 ± 0.06	8.28 ± 0.13***

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.005,

^***p < 0.001.

AAAE = Acalypha alnifolia acetone extract; AAME = Acalypha alnifolia methanol extract.