Table 5.

Dosage and administration time of ST extracts for testing biological activities in vivo.

Evaluated Activity	Animal Model	Dosage	Administration	ST Administered Product	Reference
Hypoglycemic	Sprague–Dawley rats (males and females)	0.3 and 2 g/kg	Daily at 10:00 h a.m., 6 weeks, intragastric gavage	Root aqueous extract	[25]
	Wistar rats (males)	0.5 g/kg	30 min before glucose administration, oral administration		[72]
	Wistar rats (males and females)	0.15 g/kg			[73]
Anti-inflammatory/immune modulatory	CD mice (males)	0.02 g (gallic-acid equivalents)/kg	1 h before carragenan and saline administration, oral administration	Leaves methanolic extract	[75]