Research Article

In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Polyalthia longifolia (Annonaceae) Leaf Extract and Assessment of Its Formulated Oral Dosage Forms

Table 5

Effect of PLE on liver status of P. berghei passaged mice.

TestsGroups
IIIIIIIVVVI

AST (U/L)51 ± 1.009a220 ± 1.10 080 ± 1.030a73 ± 1.070a65 ± 1.008a59 ± 0.5000a
ALT (U/L)40 ± 1.000a120 ± 0.50050 ± 0.500a40 ± 1.000a45 ± 0.500a40 ± 1.000a
ALK phosphate (U/L)113 ± 0.500a174 ± 1.000124 ± 0.500a108 ± 1.000a116 ± 1.000a108 ± 0.500a
Bilirubin (total) (umol/L)7.6 ± 0.150a16.5 ± 0.30013.3 ± 0.150a12.7 ± 0.300a10.4 ± 0.200a9.6 ± 0.150b
Bilirubin (direct) (umol/L)0.1 ± 0.050a0.6 ± 0.0400.2 ± 0.055a0.2 ± 0.030a0.1 ± 0.035a0.1 ± 0.015a
Total protein (g/L)56 ± 0.500a22 ± 1.00051 ± 1.000a68 ± 0.500a66 ± 1.450a67 ± 0.900a
Albumin (g/L)45 ± 1.000a17 ± 0.50029 ± 0.500a37 ± 1.00a37 ± 0.500a29 ± 0.450a
Globulin (g/L)30 ± 0.500a16 ± 0.65034 ± 0.650a32 ± 0.700a39 ± 0.700a38 ± 0.600a

Results are presented as mean ± SD (n = 6) of triplicate determinations; mean values with different letters as superscript in column where “a” is considered significant at and “b” is considered significant at .