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Table 2 In vivo antimalarial activities of crude aqueous and methanolic extracts of the roots, leaves and stems of Chasmanthera dependens on the percentage parasitemia of Plasmodium berghei infected male Swiss albino mice

From: Antiplasmodial and in vitro antioxidant potentials of crude aqueous and methanol extracts of Chasmanthera dependens (Hochst)

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. CDRM

0.00

75.2

40.6

27.6

5. CDLM

0.00

68.2

40.2

30.2

6. CDSM

0.00

73.2

57.4

47.0

7. CDRA

0.00

67.0

42.8

31.2

8. CDLA

0.00

76.2

50.0

39.0

9. CDSA

00.00

76.4

61.4

49.4

  1. NC, normal control; NEG.C, negative control; STD.C, standard control; CDRM, C. dependens root methanol; CDLM, C. dependens leaves methanol; CDSM, C. dependens stem methanol; CDRA, C. dependens root aqueous; CDLA, C. dependens leaves aqueous; CDSA, C. dependens stem aqueous