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Table 6 Activities of crude aqueous and methanol extracts of roots, leaves and stem of D.arborescens on percentage body weight and survival rate of male Swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghi

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

Number of animals

Initial body weight of animals (g)

Final body weight of animals (g)

% body weight of animals

% survival rate

1: NC

6

23.0

26.7

16.1

100

2: STD.C

6

18.0

20.8

15.6

100

3:NEG.C

6

20.0

17.5

12.5

33.3

4: DARM

6

21.0

23.6

12.4

100

5:DALM

6

19.0

21.2

11.6

100

6:DASM

6

21.0

22.8

8.6

66.7

7:DARA

6

19.0

21.0

10.5

100

8:DALA

6

20.0

22.0

11.0

100

9:DASA

6

23.0

24.5

6.5

50

  1. NC = Normal control, NEG.C = Negative control, STD.C = Standard 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