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Table 1 Four-day chemosuppressive activity of methanolic crude extract of the seeds of Brassica nigra against Plasmodium berghei infection in mice

From: Antimalarial activity of 80 % methanolic extract of Brassica nigra (L.) Koch. (Brassicaceae) seeds against Plasmodium berghei infection in mice

Treatments

Doses

% Parasitemia

% Chemosuppression

Distilled water

10 ml/kg

25.60 ± 2.40

0.00

Brassica nigra seed extract

100 mg/kg

20.00 ± 2.53

21.88b3

200 mg/kg

12.80 ± 0.80

50.00a2,b2

400 mg/kg

12.00 ± 2.83

53.13a2,b1

Chloroquine

10 mg/kg

1.40 ± 0.75

94.53a3

  1. Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM; n = 5. Where a = as compared to negative control; b = as compared to positive control; 1 = P < 0.05; 2 = P < 0.01 and 3 = P < 0.001