Fig. 2
Effects of Q3G-RF from S. mombin leaves on selected biochemical parameters in S. flexneri-induced diarrhoeal rats after 14 days of treatment. Na+–K+ ATPase activity (A), nitric oxide level (B), prostaglandins E 2 level (C), interleukin-1 beta level (D), TNF-α level (E), total protein level (F), and glucose level (G) in the intestinal tissue of male Wistar rats treated with normal saline, inoculum (2 mL) + normal saline (1 mL), inoculum (2 mL) + ciprofloxacin (2.5 mg/kg body weight), inoculum (2 mL) + Q3G-RF (100 mg/kg body weight), inoculum (2 mL) + Q3G-RF (200 mg/kg body weight), and inoculum (2 mL) + Q3G-RF (400 mg/kg body weight). Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean (n = 6). Significant differences from the sham control group are indicated by † and from negative control by #, p < 0.05