Antimalarial Activity of Extract and Fractions of Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.

Table 5

The mean survival time (MST) of mice receiving various doses of ethanolic leaf extract of S. androgynus during prophylactic study.

Treatments	Dose (mg/kg/day)	MST
		Day 10	Day 17
Na CMC	—	0.8	0
Ethanolic leaf extract of S. androgynus for 4 consecutive days (D0-D3)	100	0.8	0.4
	200	0.8	0.4
	400	1	0.6
Doxycycline for 4 consecutive days (D0−D3)	13	1	0.6
Ethanolic leaf extract of S. androgynus for 8 consecutive days (D0−D7)	100	0.6	0.4
	200	1	0.8
Doxycycline for 8 consecutive days (D0−D7)	13	1	0.8