Evaluation of the Antimalarial Activity of Crude Extract of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Leaf against Plasmodium berghei in Mice

Table 3

Packed cell volume of P. berghei-infected mice treated with 80% methanol leaf extract of E. globulus in the 4-day suppressive test.

Groups	Packed cell volume		% change
	D0	D4
DW	53.10 ± 1.80	41.50 ± 2.43	−22.61 ± 2.97
CE (mg/kg)
100	51.00 ± 1.86	43.33 ± 2.17	−15.23 ± 1.40^b3
200	51.00 ± 1.61	45.83 ± 1.68	−10.19 ± 0.98^a3b2
400	49.33 ± 1.82	47.00 ± 1.86	4.71 ± 1.75^a3
CQ25 mg/kg	49.67 ± 1.69	49.83 ± 1.40	0.47 ± 1.21^a3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6. DW = distilled water, CE = crude extract, CQ = chloroquine, D0 = day 0, D4 = day 4, a = compared to negative control, b = compared to a standard drug, 1 = , 2 = , and 3 = .