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

Table 4

Temperature and weight of P. berghei-infected mice treated with ethanolic extract of the stem bark of T. macroptera in the suppressive and curative test.

Suppressive test

Curative test

Treatment

Temperature (°C)

Weight (g)

Temperature (°C)

Weight (g)

Day 0

Day 3

%Change

Day 0

Day 3

%Change

Day 3

Day 7

%Change

Day 3

Day 7

%Change

1% DMSO

−1.14

^b

−7.23

−0.41

−8.14

CQ5 mg/kg

0.17

^a

11.14

0.76

8.53

125 mg/kg

−0.86

^b

7.50

0.76

12.01

250 mg/kg

1.39

^a

3.59

2.45

7.01

500 mg/kg

−1.08

^a

3.08

−0.66

2.99

Water

1.36

^a

9.09

0.38

3.45

Values are given as . ^a,bValues carrying the same superscript letter are not significantly different at .