Antimalarial and Antioxidant Activities of Ethanolic Stem Bark Extract of Terminalia macroptera in Swiss Albino Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei

Table 3

Effect of the extract on the hematological parameters in the suppressive test.

Red blood cells

White blood cells

Treatment

Dosage

RBC

Hb

HCT (%)

MCV(fl)

MCH

MCCH

WBC

NEU

EOS

BASO

LYM

MON

Negative control

1% DMSO

^b

Chloroquine

5 mg/kg

^a

Ethanolic extract

125 mg/kg

^a

250 mg/kg

^a

500 mg/kg

^a

Neutral

Water

^a

Values are given as (). ^a,bValues carrying the same superscript letter are not significantly different at .
RBC: red blood cells; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; HBG: haemoglobin, WBC: white blood cells; HCT: hematocrit; MCH: mean corpuscular content in haemoglobin; MCCH: mean corpuscular concentration in haemoglobin; MO: monocytes; NEU: neutrophils; EOS: eosinophils; BASO: basophils; LY: Lymphocytes; Hb: Haemoglobin.