Antimalarial activity of Syzygium guineense during early and established Plasmodium infection in rodent models

Table 2 Effects of S. guineense crude leaf extract on early infection

Treatment	Group	Dose	% Parasitaemia	% chemosuppression
DW (negative control)	Group I	0.5 ml	33 ± 2.62	_
S. guineense leaf extract	Group II	200 mg/kg	24.20 ± 3.80^ns	26.67
	Group III	400 mg/kg	16.80 ± 5.54^*	49.09
	Group IV	600 mg/kg	13.40 ± 1.96^*	59.39
Chloroquine (standard)	Group V	10 mg/kg	0.80 ± 0.37^{, , **}	97.57

DW distilled water
Values are indicated as means ± SEM, n = 5, ^ns = not significant, ^* = p < 0.05 compared to negative control, ^** = p < 0.05 compared to 200 mg/kg extract, ^*** = p < 0.05 compared to 400 mg/kg extract

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