| Treatment |
Average weekly mice weight (g) |
Δweight/week |
| 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Control Oral |
14.0 ± 1.4 |
15.8 ± 1.5 |
16.9 ± 0.7 |
19.0 ± 0.7 |
20.8 ± 1.1 |
1.705 ± 0.522 |
| Acacia niloticaOral |
13.8 ± 0.4 |
14.8 ± 0.7 |
15.1 ± 1.8 |
16.2 ± 1.8* |
17.6 ± 2.0* |
0.940 ± 0.554 |
| Control IP |
15.3 ± 2.5 |
16.7 ± 3.1 |
18.9 ± 3.3 |
21.5 ± 2.8 |
24.0 ± 2.4 |
2.155 ± 0.089 |
| Acacia niloticaIP |
21.2 ± 2.4* |
22.0 ± 1.9* |
23.0 ± 1.7* |
23.6 ± 1.6 |
24.5 ± 1.7 |
0.835 ± 0.212* |
|
| Average weekly mice weight and average weekly change in mice body weight are measured in g. Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) for five animalsfor each parameter; *p<0.05 is considered statistically significant when the mean of the experiment group is compared to its relevant control group by T-test. |
| Table 2: The effects of oral and intraperitoneal administration of 1 g/kg body weight of aqueous stem bark extracts of Acacia nilotica in mice for one month on averageweekly body weight and weekly change in body weight. |
