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Table 6 Daily monitoring of food and water consumption in the untreated, aqueous and ethanolic extract groups during acute toxicity experiments

From: Antioxidant and antimalarial properties of Sophora exigua Craib. root extract in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice

Parameter

Group

Ethanolic extract

Untreated

Aqueous extract

Food consumption (g/week)

 Week 1: Days 1–7

27.85 ± 3.93

26.42 ± 6.26

26.85 ± 3.76

 Week 2: Days 8–14

23.57 ± 4.75

26.14 ± 7.35

19.28 ± 3.45a,b

Water consumption (ml/week)

 Week 1: Days 1–7

25.71 ± 7.31

27.42 ± 3.73

22.85 ± 5.66

 Week 2: Days 8–14

23.57 ± 3.77

20.71 ± 3.45

17.21 ± 3.78a,b

  1. Data are the mean ± SD (n = 5 per group)
  2. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by post hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test
  3. ap < 0.05, significantly different compared to the untreated group
  4. bp < 0.05, significantly different compared to the aqueous extract group