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Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 2 Effect of 4-day post-infection administration of aqueous extract of B. sapida leaves on the % parasitaemia and % chemosuppression in P. berghei-infected female albino mice

From: Antiplasmodial evaluation of aqueous extract of Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig leaves in Plasmodium berghei (NK65)-infected mice

Groups

Parasitaemia (%) on D4

Chemosuppression (%) on D4

Infected + distilled water

28.10 ± 0.15b

–

Infected + 5 mg/Kg/day CQ

0.08 ± 0.12c

97.31 ± 2.93a

Infected + 125 mg/Kg/day of extract

1.27 ± 0.13d

54.76 ± 4.62b

Infected + 250 mg/Kg/day of extract

0.83 ± 0.12e

70.44 ± 3.83c

Infected + 500 mg/Kg/day of extract

0.73 ± 0.07e

74.09 ± 5.97c

  1. Values are mean ± S.E.M (n = 8)
  2. CQ chloroquine
  3. Values with different alphabet superscripts in the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05)
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