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Table 5 Food and water intakes of rats as affected by doses of A. cordifolia leaves extract during treatment

From: Antibacterial activities and toxicological study of the aqueous extract from leaves of Alchornea cordifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

Doses

Food Intake (g/week)

Water Intake (ml/week)

 

Week 1

Week 2

Week 1

Week 2

0- mg/kg

24.00 ± 1.58b

24.60 ± 2.30b

15.60 ± 2.61bc

18.60 ± 1.14a

0i mg/kg

18.60 ± 1.14c

20.80 ± 2.59c

14.00 ± 2.00c

14.60 ± 2.28b

58 mg/kg

24.90 ± 2.64ab

26.20 ± 1.48ab

16.80 ± 3.27abc

16.60 ± 1.70ab

116 mg/kg

26.00 ± 2.91a

27.00 ± 2.47ab

18.40 ± 3.07ab

18.00 ± 1.92a

232 mg/kg

27.60 ± 2.70a

29.00 ± 2.70a

25.60 ± 2.70a

19.20 ± 1.71a

  1. 0i: Infected and non-treated, O-: Normal control. Tabulated values are mean ± SEM of five trials. Values of the same column with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05