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Table 4 Impact of Vernonia amygdalina leaf methanolic extract and derived phases on the development of early sporogonic stages

From: Plasmodium transmission blocking activities of Vernonia amygdalina extracts and isolated compounds

Test agents

Experimenta

Mean ESS (95% CI)b

Percentage inhibition of ESS (95% CI)

Ver-MeOH

1

13 (9–18)

51.0 (34.2–67.8)

2

4 (3–6)

68.3 (58.7–77.9)

3

41 (34–47)

57.5 (50.6–64.4)

4

105 (92–118)

51.9 (45.9–57.9)

5

57 (47–66)

57.9 (50.9–64.9)

Phases from methanolic extract

 Water

1

13 (7–20)

51.0 (26.6–75.4)

2

5 (2–7)

65.9 (46.7–85.0)

3

8 (0–8)

91.6 (86.2–97.1)

4

115 (76–154)

47.5 (29.8–65.1)

5

76 (59–93)

43.6 (31–56.1)

 Ethylacetate

1

11 (10–13)

58.3 (52.0–64.7)

2

4 (2–5)

73.2 (60.5–85.8)

3

20 (15–25)

79.1 (73.7–84.5)

4

76 (40–112)

65.4 (49.0–81.9)

5

48 (37–59)

64.1 (55.9–72.3)

 Butanol

1

1 (0–3)

95.1 (88.7–100)

2

1 (1–2)

90.2 (85.5–95.0)

3

2 (1–4)

97.6 (95.8–99.4)

4

15 (7–22)

93.3 (89.9–96.7)

5

18 (14–23)

86.4 (82.9–89.9)

Solvent control (0.2% DMSO)

1

27 (22–33)

 

2

14 (9–19)

 

3

96 (85–106)

 

4

219 (198–240)

 

5

135 (111–158)

 
  1. Methanolic V. amygdalina leaf extract and its butanol, ethylacetate and water phases were tested at 50 µg/mL.
  2. Data are presented as mean counts of early sporogonic stages (ESS) calculated from triplicate wells and percentages of ESS inhibition referred to solvent control. Both parameters are presented with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
  3. Ver-MeOH methanolic extract of V. amygdalina leaves.
  4. aEach number represents one experiment conducted with gametocytaemic blood from a different mouse.
  5. bMean ESS counts are rounded to the nearest whole number.