Table 2: Mean paw thickness (mm) ± standard error of mean.
|
Treatment |
Initial paw reading |
30mins |
1hr |
2hr |
3hr |
4h |
|
Control (1ml) |
4.18±0.08 |
8.52 ±0.36 |
8.45 0.37 |
8.42 ±0.37 |
8.06 ±0.32 |
7.46 ±0.20 |
|
Indomethacin(10mg/kg) |
4.08±0.15 |
5.19 ±0.07 |
5.13 ±0.06 |
5.5±0.05 |
4.64 ±0.02 |
4.41 ±0.03 |
|
Organic extract(200mg/kg) |
3.86±0.47 |
7.38 ±0.19 |
7.02 0.05* |
6.88 ±0.05* |
5.93 ±0.01* |
5.82 ±0.01* |
|
Organic extract(400mg/kg) |
3.82±0.13 |
7.31 ±0.22 |
7.13 ±0.16* |
7.00 ±0.16* |
5.63 ±0.23* |
4.34 0.30*# |
|
Aqueous extract(200mg/kg) |
4.15±0.04 |
6.55 ±0.21 |
6.47 ±0.24 |
6.37 ±0.19* |
6.06 ±0.04* |
5.71 ±0.05* |
|
Aqueous extract(400mg/kg) |
3.98±0.07 |
7.94 ±0.03 |
7.37 ±0.09* |
7.26 ±0.10* |
6.07 ±0.12* |
5.35 ±0.19* |
|
n-hexane fraction(200mg/kg) |
4.11±0.05 |
8.25 ± 0.14 |
8.11 ±0.14 |
8.06 ±0.13* |
7.36 ±0.32* |
5.84 ±0.33* |
|
n-hexane fraction(400mg/kg) |
3.56±0.21 |
7.43 ±0.31 |
7.27 ±0.36 |
7.16 ±0.35* |
5.85 ±0.14* |
4.95 ±0.03* |
|
Ethylacetate fraction(200mg/kg) |
4.53±0.24 |
8.20 ±0.24 |
7.95 ±0.12* |
7.85 ±0.12* |
6.77 ±0.11* |
5.90 ±0.06* |
|
Ethylacectate fraction(400mg/kg) |
3.67±0.15 |
8.08 ±0.12 |
7.60 ±0.35* |
7.40 ±0.42* |
5.79 ±0.39* |
4.15 0.28*# |
|
n-butanol fraction(200mg/kg) |
3.88±0.09 |
8.08 ±0.21 |
8.00 ±0.23* |
7.89 ±0.25* |
7.00 ±0.04* |
5.61 ±0.14* |
|
n-butanol fraction(400mg/kg) |
3.58±0.29 |
7.75 ±0.36 |
7.63 ±0.31* |
7.41 ±0.25* |
5.97 ±0.14* |
4.00 0.19*# |
|
Aqueous fraction(200mg/kg) |
4.28±0.06 |
8.57 ±0.22 |
8.50 ±0.20 |
8.20 ±0.18* |
7.56 ±0.28* |
6.37 ±0.27* |
|
Aqueous fraction(400mg/kg) |
3.77±0.09 |
7.97 ±0.04 |
7.35 ±0.25* |
7.13 ±0.24* |
6.13 ±0.23* |
5.17 ±0.15* |
Key: Mean±S.E.M. (*) means the p-value is less than 0.05 Significance against control at a given time *p<0.05 Significance against indomethacin at a given time # p>0.05.