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Table 2 Effect of chloroform fraction of the methanolic root extract of D. angustifolia on parasitaemia and mean survival time of the mice

From: Antiplasmodial activity of solvent fractions of methanolic root extract of Dodonaea angustifolia in Plasmodium berghei infected mice

Treatment

Dose mg/kg

%Parasitemia

%Chemosuppression

Mean survival time

Chloroform fract.

200

40.58 ± 1.91

26.10c

8.96 ± 1.05

 

400

34.79 ± 0.50

36.64c

9.99 ± 0.71a

 

600

31.85 ± 4.62

42.00c

10.75 ± 2.16b

Chloroquine

10

0

100

12.40 ± 0.54

Distilled water

1 ml

56.55 ± 8.38

0

7.63 ± 0.85

  1. a = P < 0.05, b = P < 0.01, c = P < 0.001, parasitaemia and survival time expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5, the results are expressed as the percent suppression of parasitaemia with reference to non-treated mice, distilled water = control.