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

Table 6

Packed cell volume of P. berghei-infected mice treated with 80% methanol leaf extract of E. globulus in Rane’s test.

Groups	Packed cell volume
	D3	D7	% change
DW	52.5 ± 02.11	38.00 ± 2.25	−27.84 ± 1.93
CE (mg/kg)
100	51.67 ± 2.26	46.00 ± 2.18	−11.02 ± 0.63^a3b3
200	50.33 ± 2.12	47.33 ± 2.38	−6.12 ± 0.95^a3b2
400	50.00 ± 1.91	49.17 ± 1.96	−1.67 ± 1.02^a3
CQ25 mg/kg	49.83 ± 1.64	50.50 ± 1.28	1.48 ± 1.04^a3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6. DW = distilled water, CE = crude extract, CQ = chloroquine, D3 = day 3, D7 = day 7, a = compared to negative control, b = compared to a standard drug, 1 = , 2 = , and 3 = .