Research Article
Biological and Phytochemical Investigations on Caesalpinia benthamiana, a Plant Traditionally Used as Antimalarial in Guinea
Table 3
Therapeutic responses of patients treated with Mb and chloroquine syrups from day 3 to day 28.
| | Parameters | Group I: Mb () | Group II: CQ () |
| | Body temperature °C, mean | | Day 3 | 36.75 (38.0–36.2) | 36.55 (37–36) | | Day 7 | 36.8 (38.1–36.2) | 36.87 (37.7–36.5) | | Day 14 | 36.69 (37.5–35.9) | 36.6 (37.7–35.7) | | Day 28 | 36.58 (37.4–35.1) | 36.82 (37.5–36) | | Geometric mean parasitaemia/mm3 ± SD | | Day 3 | 823,24 ± 778 | 771,81 ± 584 | | Day 7 | 480,00 ± 451,69 | 449,14 ± 448,43 | | Day 14 | 359,62 ± 377,64 | 432,00 ± 428,34 | | Day 28 | 153,14 ± 250,20 | 165,71 ± 311,87 | | Blood glucose (mmol/l) | | Day 7 | 5.5 (7.3–4.5) | 5.38 (7.1–4.1) | | Day 14 | 5.53 (6.9–4.3) | 5.63 (9–4.6) | | Day 28 | 5.34 (7.2–4.6) | 5.64 (7.8–4.2) | | Hematocrit (%) | | Day 7 | 34.76 (40–29) | 33.67 (40–28) | | Day 14 | 29.81 (36–20) | 28.95 (36–24) | | Day 28 | 31.05 (40–26) | 31.81 (36–26) | | Haemoglobin concentration, mean g/dl | | Day 7 | 7.78 (10–6) | 8.17 (11–6.2) | | Day 14 | 8.95 (11.1–6) | 8.91 (11–7.1) | | Day 28 | 8.95 (10.8–6.8) | 9.18 (12–7) |
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