Antidiarrheal and Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extract of Bryophyllum pinnatum Leaf Harvested from South-Eastern Nigeria in Mice

Table 2

Effects of BPE and loperamide on small intestinal transit in mice.

Treatment	% Distance travelled	% Inhibition
Distilled water 10 ml/kg	60.65 ± 0.46	0
Loperamide 5 mg/kg	45.10 ± 2.20	25.63
BPE 50 mg/kg	43.78 ± 2.96	27.81
BPE 100 mg/kg	58.93 ± 2.76	2.83
BPE 200 mg/kg	54.60 ± 0.49	9.97

when compared with distilled water treated group. BPE = Bryophyllum pinnatum extract.