Acute and Repeated Dose 28-Day Oral Toxicity Study of the Aqueous Extracts from the Leafy Stem and Fruit of Pedalium murex D.Royen EX.L in Wistar Rats

Table 4

Average food intake of rats after 28 days of treatment with the aqueous extracts of P. murex leafy stem (LS) and fruit (FR).

Days	Control	LS200	LS400	LS800	FR200	FR400	FR 800
7	119.6 ± 16.87	106.9 ± 2.79	94.93 ± 1.89	107.9 ± 4.88	100.9 ± 3.78	88 ± 2.10	112 ± 3.46
14	107.7 ± 6.92	94.79 ± 1.99	94.36 ± 3.73	103.1 ± 1.86	100.3 ± 3.04	85.36 ± 3.72	102.6 ± 6.86
21	90.29 ± 3.97	104.9 ± 7.15	95.57 ± 4.16	96.21 ± 4.95	92.57 ± 4.95	94.64 ± 5.87	95.5 ± 6.83
28	106.4 ± 4.28	108.4 ± 1.54	96.79 ± 2.78	104.8 ± 5.34	92.71 ± 4.40	69.79 ± 2.60	91.93 ± 5.71

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM. value was considered significant using ANOVA followed by Dunett’s multiple comparison test. Asterisk denotes difference compared with the control group.