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

Table 6 Effect of crude leaf extract of S. guineense on residual malaria infection

Treatment	Group	Dose	%parasitaemia	%chemosuppression
DW (negative control)	Group I	0.5 ml	14.00 ± 4.04	_
S. guineense leaf extract	Group II	200 mg/kg	11.40 ± 1.16^ns	18.57
	Group III	400 mg/kg	10.80 ± 1.62^ns	22.85
	Group IV	600 mg/kg	7.20 ± 3.24^*	48.57
Chloroquine (standard)	Group V	10 mg/kg	3.80 ± 1.32^*	72.85

DW distilled water
Values are expressed as means ± SEM, n = 5, ns = Not significant compared to negative control, ^* = significant at p < 0.05 compared to the negative control

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