Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of loperamide-induced
constipation in Wistar rats
Version: 1Date:2 March 2010
Reviewer: wenliang zhou
Reviewer's report:
The article titled “The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of
loperamide-induced constipation in Wistar rats” written by Olubunmi A Wintola et
al. presented that the Aloe Ferox extract has laxative effect on
loperamide-induced constipated rats, revealed the potential role of Aloe Ferox on
constipation therapy.
However, the paper is more like an "oral" presentation that makes it very difficult
to review. I believe that the spelling and grammar should be corrected, and
sentences should be refined. For example, 2nd paragraph of Introduction, line 3,
“surfer” should be “suffer”; The author need to re-write the entire manuscript.
The author chose the dosage of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight/day of A.
ferox extract, but there is no evidence shows why. Has there any
dose-dependent experiment been done? The most important thing is, though the
article present a lot of statistic data in Tables, it didn’t mentioned what data
analysis method has been used.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of loperamide-induced
constipation in Wistar rats
Version: 1Date:2 March 2010
Reviewer: wenliang zhou
Reviewer's report:
The article titled “The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of
loperamide-induced constipation in Wistar rats” written by Olubunmi A Wintola et
al. presented that the Aloe Ferox extract has laxative effect on
loperamide-induced constipated rats, revealed the potential role of Aloe Ferox on
constipation therapy.
However, the paper is more like an "oral" presentation that makes it very difficult
to review. I believe that the spelling and grammar should be corrected, and
sentences should be refined. For example, 2nd paragraph of Introduction, line 3,
“surfer” should be “suffer”; The author need to re-write the entire manuscript.
The author chose the dosage of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight/day of A.
ferox extract, but there is no evidence shows why. Has there any
dose-dependent experiment been done? The most important thing is, though the
article present a lot of statistic data in Tables, it didn’t mentioned what data
analysis method has been used.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of loperamide-induced
constipation in Wistar rats
Version: 1Date:2 March 2010
Reviewer: wenliang zhou
Reviewer's report:
The article titled “The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of
loperamide-induced constipation in Wistar rats” written by Olubunmi A Wintola et
al. presented that the Aloe Ferox extract has laxative effect on
loperamide-induced constipated rats, revealed the potential role of Aloe Ferox on
constipation therapy.
However, the paper is more like an "oral" presentation that makes it very difficult
to review. I believe that the spelling and grammar should be corrected, and
sentences should be refined. For example, 2nd paragraph of Introduction, line 3,
“surfer” should be “suffer”; The author need to re-write the entire manuscript.
The author chose the dosage of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight/day of A.
ferox extract, but there is no evidence shows why. Has there any
dose-dependent experiment been done? The most important thing is, though the
article present a lot of statistic data in Tables, it didn’t mentioned what data
analysis method has been used.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
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