A preliminary report on oral glucose tolerance and antinociceptive activity tests conducted with methanol extract of Xanthosoma violaceum aerial parts

Table 2 Antinociceptive effect of crude methanol extract of X. violaceum aerial parts (MEXV) in acetic acid-induced pain model mice

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg body weight)	Mean number of abdominal constrictions	% inhibition
Control	10 ml	5.8 ± 0.37	-
Aspirin	200 mg	4.0 ± 0.84	31.0*
Aspirin	400 mg	2.8 ± 0.37	51.7*
(MEXV)	50 mg	3.4 ± 0.24	41.4*
(MEXV)	100 mg	3.2 ± 0.58	44.8*
(MEXV)	200 mg	3.0 ± 0.63	48.3*
(MEXV)	400 mg	2.6 ± 0.60	55.2*

All administrations (aspirin and extract) were made orally. Values represented as mean ± SEM, (n = 5); *P < 0.05; significant compared to control.

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