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Table 3 Effect of 80 % methanol crude extracts of medicinal plants on mean survival time of P. berghei infected Swiss albino mice

From: Evaluation of the antiplasmodial properties of selected plants in southern Ethiopia

Medicinal plant

Dose mg.kg/day

Mean survival time (M ± SEM)

P value

A. integrifolia

200

9.40 ± 0.24*a

0.000

400

9.80 ± 0.38*a

0.000

800

12.00 ± 0.44*a

0.000

C. myricoides

200

8.20 ± 0.20

0.141

400

9.00 ± 0.31*a

0.015

800

10.00 ± 0.39*a

0.002

M. azedarach

200

8.60 ± 0.24*a

0.032

400

9.30 ± 0.37*a

0.011

800

10.90 ± 0.58*a

0.001

P. vogelii

200

7.80 ± 0.20

0.454

400

8.20 ± 0.24

0.227

800

9.20 ± 0.37*a

0.017

P. schimperi

200

7.40 ± 0.24

0.307

400

8.00 ± 0.31

0.084

800

9.40 ± 0.50*a

0.030

NC

0

6.40 ± 0.24

 

PC

10

30.00 ± 0.00

  1. Values are expressed as M ± SEM; n = 5
  2. NC negative control (0.2 mL of dH2O), PC positive control (Chloroquine)
  3. * = P < 0.05
  4. a = compared to negative control