Research Article

Study of the Antimalarial Activity of the Leaf Extracts and Fractions of Persea americana and Dacryodes edulis and Their HPLC Analysis

Table 1

Results of the acute toxicity studies of the extracts of P. americana and D. edulis.

ExperimentNumber of animalsExtract
Dose (mg/kg)PADE
Mortality rate

Phase I3100/30/3
31000/30/3
310000/30/3

Phase II116000/10/1
129000/10/1
136000/10/1
150000/11/1

LD50(mg/kg)>50004243