Evaluation of Uterotonic Activity, Acute Oral Toxicity, and Phytochemical Composition of Uvariodendron anisatum Verdc. Root Extracts

Table 2

Summary of behavioural responses and general appearance of Wistar rats treated with single dose of U. anisatum root water extract in the acute oral toxicity study.

Observation	Control group (physiological saline)		Experimental group
			Single dose (300 mg/kg)		Single dose (2000 mg/kg)
	4 hrs	24 hrs	4 hrs	24 hrs	4 hrs	24 hrs
Skin colour change	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Eye colour change	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
General physique	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect
Diarrhoea	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved
Coma	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved
Drowsiness	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved
Sedation	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect	No effect
Gasping	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved
Tremor	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved	Unobserved
Salivation	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Mortality	No death	No death	No death	No death	No death	No death