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

Table 4

Antimalarial activity of 80% methanol leaf extract of E. globulus against P. berghei in Rane’s test.

Groups	% parasitemia (D7)	% parasitemia suppression	Mean survival time (days)
DW	33.30 ± 32.49	00.00	6.33 ± 0.61
CE (mg/kg)
100	20.00 ± 2.24	40.00^a3b3	9.17 ± 0.48^a1b3
200	13.50 ± 1.54	59.50a3b3	11.33 ± 0.84^a3b3
400	10.83 ± 1.33	67.50a3b2	13.83 ± 0.60a3b3
CQ 25 mg/kg	0.00 ± 0.00	100.00^a3	28.00 ± 0.00^a3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6. DW = distilled water, CE = crude extract, CQ = chloroquine, D7 = day 7, a = compared to negative control, b = compared to a standard drug, 1 = , 2 = , and 3 = .