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

Table 9

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

Groups	Packed cell volume
	D0	D7	% change
DW	49.33 ± 1.26	40.67 ± 1.17	−17.67 ± 0.56
CE (mg/kg)
100	50.33 ± 1.56	44.17 ± 1.40	−12.17 ± 0.48^a2b3
200	49.50 ± 1.52	44.83 ± 1.82	−9.67 ± 0.42^a3b3
400	50.33 ± 1.52	48.00 ± 1.57	−4.33 ± 0.21^a3
CQ 25 mg/kg	50.00 ± 1.29	47.17 ± 1.56	−5.83 ± 0.48^a3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6. DW = distilled water, CE = crude extract, CQ = chloroquine, D0 = day 0, D7 = day 7, a = compared to negative control, b = compared to a standard drug, 1 = , 2 = , and 3 = .