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Table 2 Electrocardiogram’s parameters in health volunteers receiving Maytenus senegalensis

From: The effect of an anti-malarial herbal remedy, Maytenus senegalensis, on electrocardiograms of healthy Tanzanian volunteers

ECG Parameters,

Visit code

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3 and 4

n

Values

Change from baseline

n

Values

Change from baseline

n

Values

Change from baseline

HR (Beats/min)

Baseline

3

74 (72.1, 84.4)

–

3

67 (60.4, 81.3)

–

6

68.5 (57.4, 86.8)

–

Day 3

3

79 (64.8, 82.8)

− 6.0 (− 9.8, 10.2)

3

71 (67.2, 75.8)

4.0 (− 5.5, 6.9)

6

58.5 (53.4, 94.8)

− 5.5 (− 14.4, 15.8)

Day 7

3

78 (76.1, 87.5)

2.0 (− 6.5, 15.3)

3

65 (63.1, 72.6)

− 4.0 (− 8.8, 4.6)

6

66.5 (57.1, 89.1)

− 0.5 (− 10.0, 8.8)

Day 28

3

67 (67, 67)

− 7.0 (− 17.4, − 5.1)

3

73 (70.2, 75.9)

6.0 (− 11.1, 15.5)

6

66 (58.1, 73.5)

− 3.5 (− 14.1, 1.9)

Day 56

3

67 (65.1, 75.6)

− 9.0 (− 17.5, 3.4)

3

67 (66, 80.3)

− 1.0 (− 1.0, 6.6)

6

67 (58.1, 94.4)

1.5 (− 9.2, 7.9)

QTc Fridericia (ms)

Baseline

3

376.2 (364.5, 397.8)

–

3

392.2 (380.6, 413.9)

–

6

402.1 (357.1, 418.1)

–

Day 3

3

379.2 (378.9, 393.6)

2.7 (− 4.2, 14.7

3

395.6 (378.5, 406.3)

− 2.4 (− 7.9, 3.1)

6

398.4 (366, 419.2)

− 2.3 (− 10.8, 10.4)

Day 7

3

377.2 (371.4, 403.3)

5.7 (1.3, 7.1)

3

402.5 (400.6, 427.8)

14.1 (10.5, 20.2)

6

393.2 (356.9, 414.2)

− 12.0 (− 21.7, 11.8)

Day 28

3

383.9 (370.1, 401.6)

5.5 (3.7, 7.6)

3

403.5 (355.3, 416.2)

1.8 (− 25.8, 10.9)

6

398.8 (388.5, 413.2)

− 5.7 (− 14.4, 33.7)

Day 56

3

383 (366.1, 403.6)

5.7 (1.5, 6.8)

3

392.3 (372.5, 420.7)

0.1 (− 8.2, 6.8)

6

398.3 (367.1, 404.5)

− 6.4 (− 14.3, 10.6)

QTc Bazett (ms)

Baseline

3

389 (387.1, 411.8)

–

3

400 (383.8, 437)

–

6

413.5 (380.1, 426.2)

–

Day 3

3

399 (397.1, 400)

10 (− 12.8, 1)

3

409 (388.1, 422.3)

4 (− 15, 8.8)

6

397.5 (389.2, 430.5)

− 10.5 (− 23.2, 18)

Day 7

3

403 (388.8, 420.1)

8 (1.4, 13.7)

3

407 (406, 442.1)

6 (5.1, 23.1)

6

401.5 (378.4, 431.1)

− 11 (− 30.4, 19)

Day 28

3

393 (378.8, 411)

− 1 (− 8.6, 3.8)

3

417 (370.4, 428.4)

− 10 (− 14.8, 15.7)

6

406.5 (395.8, 421.8)

− 3 (− 25.4, 25.8)

Day 56

3

400 (375.3, 410.4)

− 2 (− 12.4, 10.4)

3

400 (380, 443.7)

0 (− 3.8, 6.7)

6

405 (390.5, 414.9)

− 8.5 (− 18.4, 15.9)

  1. Group 1: volunteers received 400 mg of M. senegalensis once; Group 2: volunteers received 600 mg of M. senegalensis once; Group 3 and 4: volunteers received 800 mg of M.senegalensis every 8 h for 4 days. Values are reported as n or median (2.5th, 97.5th) percentile range