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Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 9 The effect of MEPH on marble-burying test in mice

From: Evaluation of sedative and anxiolytic activities of methanol extract of leaves of Persicaria hydropiper in mice

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Number of burying

Control

0.1 ml/mouse

9.40 ± 1.56

Diazepam

1

0.60 ± 0.40***

MEPH

50

6.60 ± 1.20

MEPH

200

5.00 ± 1.00*

MEPH

350

2.60 ± 0.92***

MEPH

500

2.20 ± 1.02***

  1. Each value is presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 10), MEPH = Methanol extract of Persicaria hydropiper leaves. “***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 vs control group (Dunnett’s test)”
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