The mean frequency of wet faecal droppings decreased with increase in dose of the ethanolic fruit extract of Psidium guajavawith the mean frequency of defecation being lower in the group that was treated with 600 mg/Kg and higher in the groups that was treated with 400 mg/Kg and
200 mg/Kg respectively as shown in Table 1. The mean frequency of wet faecal droppings for the rats in the loperamide-treated group was 0.0; hence it totally inhibited diarrhea. The negative control group treated with 1.5 ml distilled water had the highest mean frequency of faeces (Table
1), hence there was no inhibition of diarrhea in
this group