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Table 3 Survival time of Plasmodium berghei infected mice upon treatment with the extracts and controls

From: Senna occidentalis (L.) Link root extract inhibits Plasmodium growth in vitro and in mice

Treatment/control

Cumulative survival time (days)

Survival time in days (Mean ± SEM)

A

95

19 ± 1.14

B

94

18.8 ± 0.73

C

65

17.4 ± 1.75

D

150

30 ± 0.00

E

87

13 ± 1.67

  1. A (Methanol extract: 200 mg/kg body weight); B (Methanol extract: 100 mg/kg body weight); C (Aqueous extract:200 mg/kg body weight); D (Pyrimethamine:1 mg/kg body weight); E (Phosphate buffered saline)