In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Crude Fruit Extract of Capsicum frutescens Var. Minima (Solanaceae) against Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice

Table 1

The 80% methanolic crude fruit extract of Capsicum frutescens consequences on parasite load and the length of survival of mice infected with P. berghei.

Group	% parasitemia	% suppression	Survival time (day)
CON		0.00
CFE100		72.65^v^,x^,y^,z^	^v^,y^,z^
CFE200		87.88^v^,w^y^,z^	^v^,y^,z^
CFE400		93.29^v^,w^,x^,z^	^v^,w^,x^,z^
CQ10		100.00^v^	^v^

Values are described as (). CON: negative control; CFE: crude fruit extract of 80% methanol; CQ: chloroquine base. ^vCompared to CON; ^wcompared to 100 mg/kg; ^xcompared to 200 mg/kg; ^ycompared to 400 mg/kg; ^zcompared to CQ10; ^{^}. In the first column, numbers next to letters (10, 100, 200, and 400) represent dose in mg/kg.