Membrane stabilizing activity
The crude ethanol extract of leaves of S. paniculata, as well as different partitionates derived from this extract, were subjected to assay for membrane stabilizing activities following standard protocols and the obtained results were statistically represented in Tables 3 and 4. The results showed that the extracts (at concentration 1 mg/ml) were significantly potent on human erythrocyte, adequately protecting it against hypotonic solution and heat induced lyses, when compared with the standard drug acetylsalicylic acid (0.10 mg/ml).