Skip to main content

Table 3 Parasitemia suppression versus untreated controls and survival in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei after oral administration of plant extracts for four days

From: In vitro and in vivo anti-malarial activity of plants from the Brazilian Amazon

Plant

Part

Extract

Dose (mg/kg/day)

% parasite ± SD (% suppression)

Avg. survival ± SD (days)

Day 5

Day 7

Andropogon leucostachyus

Aerial part

MeOH

250

0.49 ± 0.10 (71)

1.12 ± 0.07 (48)

19 ± 2

Croton cajucara RV

Leaf

CHCl3

250

1.4 ± 0.27 (19)

2.2 ± 0.15 (0)

23 ± 3

Xylopia amazonica

Leaf

CHCl3

250

0.82 ± 0.22 (52)

1.87 ± 0.26 (11)

20 ± 2

Controls

 

Chloroquine diphosphate

10

0.15 ± 0.04 (91)

0.14 ± 0.04 (93)

31 ± 4

Vehicle (Blank)

 

1.74 ± 0.21

2.12 ± 0.31

22 ± 1

  1. CHCl 3 chloroform, MeOH methanol, SD standard deviation