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Table 5 Activities of crude aqueous and methanolic extracts of roots, leaves and stem of D. arborescens on percentage parasitemia of Plasmodium berghei infected male Swiss albino mice

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

Groups/extracts

Average % Parasitemia

Before inoculation (Day 0)

Before treatment (Day 3)

After treatment (Day 7)

After treatment (Day 14)

1. NC

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2. STD.C

0.00

69.0

4.6

0.00

3. NEG.C

0.00

63.0

72.4

79.2

4. DARM

0.00

75.2

39.8

16.8

5. DALM

0.00

72.8

41.4

21.2

6. DASM

0.00

73.2

51.4

48.4

7. DARA

0.00

72.0

43.4

31.0

8. DALA

0.00

74.6

45.2

32.0

9. DASA

0.00

77.4

60.0

49.8

  1. NC = Normal control, STD.C = Standard control, NEG.C = Negative control, DARM = D. arborescens root methanol, DALM = D.arborescens leaves methanol, DASM = D.arborescens stem methanol, DARA = D.arborescens root aqueous, DALA = D.arborescens leaves aqueous, DASA = D.arborescens stem aqueous