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

Table 6 Effect of the aqueous fraction of Moringa stenopetala on carrageenan- induced paw model and percent inhibition from increase in paw volume

	Change in paw volume (ml) and percent inhibition (%)
Group	0 h	1 h	%	2 h	%	3 h	%	4 h	%	5 h	%
DW	0.43 ± 0.01	0.56 ± 0.01	–	0.71 ± 0.01	–	0.73 ± 0.01		0.80 ± 0.01	–	0.88 ± 0.02	–
ASA	0.42 ± 0.01	0.51 ± 0.02	35.6	0.53 ± 0.01^a3c1	62.8	0.58 ± 0.02^a3	48.1	0.64 ± 0.01^a3	42.4	0.67 ± 0.01^a3	45.8
AF 100	0.46 ± 0.02	0.55 ± 0.02	30.3	0.59 ± 0.01^a3e1	52.1	0.62 ± 0.01^a3e1	47.4	0.66 ± 0.02^a3	45.6	0.72 ± 0.02^a3e1	42.0
AF 200	0.44 ± 0.02	0.52 ± 0.01	34.8	0.55 ± 0.01^a3	59.9	0.59 ± 0.01^a3	51.3	0.63 ± 0.01^a3	48.8	0.68 ± 0.01^a3	46.9
AF 400	0.43 ± 0.02	0.50 ± 0.01^c1	47.0	0.53 ± 0.01^a3c1	67.0	0.56 ± 0.02^a3c1	60.1	0.60 ± 0.02^a3b1	54.9	0.65 ± 0.01^a3c1d1	51.8

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; DW distilled water, ASA aspirin, AF refers to aqueous fraction of Moringa stenopetala

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