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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 6 The anxiolytic effect of MESC on hole-board test in mice

From: Methanol extract of Spathodea campanulata P. (Beauv.) leaves demonstrate sedative and anxiolytic like actions on swiss albino mice

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Number of head dips

Control

0.1 ml/mouse

20.00 ± 1.24

Diazepam

1

56.80 ± 1.58**

MESC

200

28.20 ± 1.28**

MESC

400

36.00 ± 2.41**

MESC

600

48.20 ± 0.59**

  1. i. * p < 0.001 vs control group
  2. ii.** p < 0.0001 vs control group.