Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of solvent fractions of the leaves of Moringa stenopetala Bak. (Moringaceae) in mice models

Table 2 Effect of aqueous fraction of Moringa stenopetala on radiant tail flick latency and maximum possible protection(%)

	Latency (sec) and maximum possible protection (%)
Groups	0 time	30 min	%	60 min	%	90 min	%	120 min	%
DW	2.18 ± 0.034	2.10 ± 0.1	–	2.18 ± 0.2	–	2.26 ± 0.2	–	2.15 ± 0.1	–
MO	2.23 ± 0.034	9.23 ± 0.09^a3d3	90.2	8.87 ± 0.21^a3d3	85.4	7.44 ± 0.09^a3d3	67.0	7.05 ± 0.06^a3	62.1
AF 100	2.23 ± 0.052	3.00 ± 0.08^a3b3d1	10.0	3.67 ± 0.17^a2e3b3	18.6	4.49 ± 0.19^e3a3d3	29.2	5.71 ± 0.09^a3b3d3e3	44.8
AF 200	2.33 ± 0.049	3.18 ± 0.11^a3e3	11.1	3.87 ± 0.07^a3b3e3	29.2	5.01 ± 0.11^a3b3e3	34.9	7.7 ± 0.22^a3c3	70.1
AF 400	2.13 ± 0.044	3.61 ± 0.1^a3b3c3d3	18.9	4.79 ± 0.09^a3b3c3d3	44.8	6.26 ± 0.05^a3c3d3	70.1	7.71 ± 0.27^a3c3	73.6

Values are expressed as Mean ± S.E.M (n = 6); ^aagainst the control, ^bagainst the standard drug, ^cagainst AF100, ^dagainst AF200, ^eagainst AF400, ¹ P < 0.05, ² P < 0.01, ³ P < 0.001; AF refers to aqueous fraction of Moringa stenopetala, MO morphine; and DW stands for Distilled Water. Control received distilled water (10 ml/kg), whereas standard received Morphine (20 mg/kg) orally; Numbers refers to doses in mg/kg

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