Table 3

Bleeding/clotting and whole rat blood coagulation time

Extract/fraction
Concentration (μg/ml)
Bleeding/clotting time (s)
Coagulation time (s)

ME
10
NT
102.67 ± 31.08

100
31.33 ± 0.67a, b
55.67 ± 8.95




HF
10
NT
115.00 ± 26.50

100
42.00 ± 2.31a, b
64.00 ± 25.53




MF
10
NT
98.33 ± 36.84

100
30.33 ± 3.84a, b
42.67 ± 2.40a




Normal saline

54.00 ± 2.18
48.67 ± 5.20
Control

52.00 ± 0.58
89.33 ± 9.39

a, bP < 0.05 compared to Control and normal saline respectively (ANOVA; LSD post hoc); Values of bleeding and coagulation time shown are Mean ± SEM (n = 3); ME = Methanol extract; HF = n-Hexane fraction; MF = Methanol fraction; NT = Not tested.

Okoli et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:24   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-24