Modulation of Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Plasmodium berghei Malarial Infection by Crude Aqueous Extract of Ganoderma lucidum

Table 1

Suppressive effect of aqueous extract of Ganoderma lucidum on parasitemia in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei.

Treatment groups		Parasite count	% suppression
Controls	Normal (P-CTR)	—	—
	Infected (N-CTR)	31.10 ± 1.20	—
Aqueous extract	AQ100	14.20 ± 0.60	54.20 ± 3.70^a
	AQ250	17.40 ± 1.20	43.82 ± 6.03^a,b
	AQ500	19.40 ± 0.90	37.42 ± 5.31^b,c
Reference drug	CQ	2.25 ± 0.85	93.65 ± 0.47^c

Results are means ± SEM of eight independent determinations. Values in the same row carrying different superscripts are significant (𝑃<0.05) from each other.
Note. AQ₁₀₀: infected mice treated with 100 mg/kg aqueous extract; AQ₂₅₀: infected mice treated with 250 mg/kg aqueous extract; AQ₅₀₀: infected mice treated with 500 mg/kg aqueous extract; CQ: infected mice treated with chloroquine.