Antihemolytic Activities of Green Tea, Safflower, and Mulberry Extracts during Plasmodium berghei Infection in Mice

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Antihemolytic effects of green tea, safflower, and mulberry extracts against Plasmodium berghei infection. Groups of ICR mice (5 mice of each) were inoculated with 6 × 10⁶ infected RBC of PbANKA by IP injection and subsequently given 500, 1500, and 3000 mg/kg of the extracts orally twice a day for 4 consecutive days. On day 5 of experiment, % Hct was measured in (a) infected mice treated with these extracts. In addition, (b) % Hct of normal mice treated with these extracts was also measured. Results were presented as mean ± SD. compared to normal; and compared to untreated control. GTE: green tea extract, SE: safflower extract, and ME: mulberry extract.

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