Antimalarial Efficacy and Antioxidant Activity of Lophira lanceolata Stem Bark Ethanol Extract Using Plasmodium berghei Induced-Malaria in Swiss Albino’s Mice

Table 3

Effect of L. lanceolata stem bark extract on oxidative stress parameters of P. bergei-infected mice.

Treatment	Doses (mg/kg)	Catalase	Superoxide dismutase	Nitrogen monoxide	Malondialdehyde	Glutathione
Extract	500	^a	^b	^a	^b	^b
	250	^a	^b	^a	^b	^a
	125	^a	^a	^b	^b	^a
Chloroquine	5	^a	^b	^b	^a	^a
1% DMSO	0	^a	^b	^a	^a	^b
NC	0	^a	^a	^b	^b	^a

Values are presented as mean ± SD. DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide; NC: normal control. ^a,bValues carrying the same superscript letter are not significantly different at .