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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Effect of EESAL on malaria parasitemia of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice

From: Sida acuta Burm.f. leaves ethanol extract ameliorates haematological and biochemical alterations induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA-65 in mice

Groups

Day 0 Malaria parasitaemia (%)

Day 4 Malaria parasitaemia (%)

Chemosuppression

(%)

Normal control

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

–

Negative control

45.75 ± 8.18b

81.75 ± 2.06f

–

MP + 140 mg/kg b.w. of Artemether

42.50 ± 6.45b

10.50 ± 4.12e

75.29 ± 3.61a

MP + 200 mg/kg b.w. EESAL

48.25 ± 6.34b

5.00 ± 0.82d

89.64 ± 5.74b

MP + 400 mg/kg b.w. EESAL

49.50 ± 4.20b

2.00 ± 0.22c

95.95 ± 3.71bc

MP + 600 mg/kg b.w. EESAL

47.75 ± 3.86b

1.25 ± 0.50b

97.38 ± 1.87c

  1. Results are expressed in Means ± SD (n = 6); At p < 0.05, mean values with different letters of the alphabets (a, b, c, d …) as superscripts in a column are statically different while mean values with similar alphabets are not statistically different