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Table 2 Acute toxicity test of the aqueous and methanolic extracts of the roots, leaves, and stem of Dictyandra arborescens at doses of 10, 100 and 1000 mg/kg body weight

From: Oral acute toxicity and antimalarial potentials of aqueous and methanolic extracts of roots, leaves and stem of Dictyandra arborescens (Welw.) on Plasmodium berghei infected mice

Extracts

Number of animals per group

Dose of extract/weight of mice (10 mg/kg)

Signsof toxicity

Number of animals that survived

DARM

3

22 g

x

3/3

DARA

3

20 g

x

3/3

DALM

3

18 g

x

3/3

DALA

3

25 g

x

3/3

DASM

3

24 g

x

3/3

DASA

3

23 g

x

3/3

100 mg/kg

    

DARM

3

24 g

x

3/3

DARA

3

20 g

x

3/3

DALM

3

25 g

x

3/3

DALA

3

19 g

x

3/3

DASM

3

21 g

x

3/3

DASA

3

24 g

x

3/3

1000 mg/kg

    

DARM

3

21 g

x

3/3

DARA

3

19 g

x

3/3

DALM

3

23 g

x

3/3

DALA

3

22 g

x

3/3

DASM

3

19 g

x

3/3

DASA

3

21 g

x

3/3

  1. DARM = D. arborescens root methanol, DARA = D.arborescens root aqueous, DALM = D.arborescens leaves methanol, DALA = D.arborescens leaves aqueous, DASM = D.arborescens stem methanol, DASA = D.arborescens stem aqueous, x = no sign of toxicity