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Table 5 The effects of E. globulus leaf solvent fractions against P. berghei infected mice in Rane’s test

From: Antimalarial activity of solvent fractions of a leaf of Eucalyptus globulus labill against Plasmodium berghei infected mice

Treatments

% parasitemia (D7)

%parasitemia suppression

Mean survival time (day)

2%tween80 (10 ml/kg)

36.00 ± 1.29

–

8.17 ± 0.70

CQ (25 mg/kg)

0.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00a3

30.00 ± 0.48a3

CF (mg/kg) 100

17.50 ± 0.96

51.17 ± 2.82a3b3

15.17 ± 0.65a3b3

 200

13.17 ± 0.60

63.46 ± 0.78a3b3

16.67 ± 0.88a3b3

 400

11.67 ± 0.71

67.60 ± 1.63a3b3

20.83 ± 0.54a3b3

EAF (mg/kg) 100

16.33 ± 0.61

54.58 ± 1.07a3b3

15.33 ± 0.42a3b3

 200

14.83 ± 0.60

58.53 ± 2.38a3b3

16.83 ± 0.48a3b3

 400

10.33 ± 0.67

71.11 ± 2.13a3b3

22.33 ± 0.71a3b3

DW (10 ml/kg)

37.83 ± 1.40

–

7.83 ± 0.48

CQ (25 mg/kg)

0.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00a3

30.00 ± 0.48a3

AF (mg/kg) 100

24.17 ± 0.87

32.15 ± 4.46a3b3

11.67 ± 0.71a3b3

 200

21.33 ± 0.76

40.38 ± 2.80a3b3

12.67 ± 0.56a3b3

 400

15.50 ± 0.43

56.66 ± 1.99a3b3

16.67 ± 0.67a3b3

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.
  2. CF Chloroform fraction, EAF Ethyl acetate fraction, DW Distilled water, AF Aqueous fraction, CQ Chloroquine
  3. 1p < 0.05
  4. 2p < 0.01, p < 0.001
  5. acompared to negative controls
  6. bcompared to chloroquine