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Table 4 Previous studies on the in vivo anti-malarial activity of the most frequently cited plant extracts, given orally to mice (infected with Plasmodium berghei)

From: Treatments used for malaria in young Ethiopian children: a retrospective study

Plant name

Plant part

Type of extract

Dose (mg/kg)

% Chemosuppression

Reference

Justicia schimperiana

Leaf

Hydro-alcoholic

200, 400, 600

8, 65 and 85, respectively

[44]

Justicia schimperiana

Leaf

Chloroform

200, 400, 600

16, 26 and 28, respectively

[27]

Methanol

200, 400, 600

37, 50 and 65, respectively

aqueous

200, 400, 600

18, 32 and 40, respectively

Allium sativum

Isolated compounds

Ajoene

50

About 67%

[25]

Allicin

9

94

[45]

Brassica nigra

Seed

Hydroalcoholic

100, 200,400

22, 50 and 53, respectively

[46]

Phytolacca dodecandra

Leaf

Hydroalcoholic

100, 200, 400

18, 51 and 55, respectively

[47]

Zehneria scabra

Leaf

Hydroalcoholic

100, 200, 400

62, 73 and 76, respectively

[48]

Chloroform

25,50,100

53, 74 and 61, respectively

Ethyl acetate

25,50,100

72,62 and 73, respectively

Clerodendrum myricoides

Leaf

Methanol

600

82.5

[49]