Phytochemical Screening and In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Two Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants of Afar Region, Ethiopia, against Plasmodium berghei in Swiss Albino Mice

Table 9

Antimalarial activities of crude Chloroform root extracts of S. persica and mean survival time.

Dose mg/kg extract	% Parasitaemia ± SEM	% Suppression	MST
NC	75.92±1.09	0.00	6.4±2.44
200	58.74±0.79	22.62±0.59	7.4 ±0.63
350	55.04±0. 8	27.89±1.26	8.2±0.5
500	43.6±2.02	42.57±4.69	8.4±0.6
QC	0.00	100	30(+)

Means in a column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (P>0.05).
Key: values are presented as M±SEM; n=5; CQ= Chloroquine Phosphate; PC=positive control; NC=negative control (0.2ml of 20% DMSO); += maximum days of followup; MST=mean survival time.