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bjp-10120	Ashafa, Anofi Omotayo Tom; Yakubu, Musa Toyin; Ogbe, Abdul-Azeez Adeola; Abass, Aishat Abidemi	Effect of ethanolic seed extract of Croton penduliflorous Hutch. on loperamide-induced constipated male rats	2012	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3425	189	55	Table I Effect of administration of loperamide on feed intake, water intake, and fecal parameters of rats Parameters Normal control Loperamide-induced constipated animals Feed intake (g) 16.8 ± 1.2a 8.8 ± 1.0b Water intake (g) 20.9 ± 1.3a 9.8 ± 0.8b Number of fecal pellets 71.1 ± 3.8a 26.4 ± 1.0b Water content of fecal pellets (g) 1.7 ± 0.2a 0.6 ± 0.1b Weight of fecal pellets (g) 7.0 ± 0.5a 3.2 ± 0.1b n = 6 ± SEM; Values for each parameter carrying superscript different from the non-constipated control are significantly different (p<0.05); Values in brackets are the computed percentage decrease Table II Effect of ethanolic seed extract of C. penduliflorus on some indices of constipation Parameters Constipat- ed control Senekot (5 mg/ kg b/w) Constipated animals plus Extract (mg/kg body weight) Abstract The laxative effect of ethanolic seed extract of Croton penduliflorus was evaluated in loperamide-induced constipated male rats on daily basis for 7 days.	cache/bjp-10120.pdf	txt/bjp-10120.txt