Research Article

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

Table 6

Effect of PLE on lipid profile of P. berghei passaged mice.

TestGroups
IIIIIIIVVVI

Cholesterol (total) mmol/L1.0 ± 0.057c1.6 ± 0.0291.1 ± 0.3150c0.9 ± 0.050c1.0 ± 0.115c1.2 ± 0.045c
HDL (cholesterol) mmol/L0.6 ± 0.005a0.2 ± 0.0150.5 ± 0.025b0.5 ± 0.020b0.7 ± 0.0300.8 ± 0.070a
LDL (cholesterol) mmol/L0.13 ± 0.025a0.72 ± 0.0350.14 ± 0.005a0.13 ± 0.015a0.10 ± 0.025a0.13 ± 0.020a
Triglycerides mmol/L0.6 ± 0.025a1.5 ± 0.0351.0 ± 0.005a0.6 ± 0.015a0.5 ± 0.025a0.6 ± 0.020a

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 , “b” at , and “c” at .