Antimalarial Activity of Stem Bark of Periploca linearifolia during Early and Established Plasmodium Infection in Mice

Table 5

Parasitaemia and survival date of infected mice treated with P. linearifolia extract in Rane’s test.

Dose	Parasitemia level					% inhibition	Survival time
	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
PL200
PL400
PL600
CON.						-
CQ25

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; ; compared to negative control (distilled water), to CQ, and to PL400. and . CQ: chloroquine; CON: negative control; PL: crude extract of P. linearifolia. Numbers refer to doses used in mg/kg.