Hydroethanolic Extracts of Erigeron floribundus and Azadirachta indica Reduced Plasmodium berghei Parasitemia in Balb/c Mice

Table 2

Effects of hydroethanolic extracts of A. indica on parasitemia.

Treatment	Sex	Dose (mg/kg)	Mean parasitemia () ± SD	Parasite reduction ()
HEAI	M	75	26.95 ± 1.80	50.79±3.3
		150	23.97 ± 0.74	55.91±1.3
		300	16.70 ± 0.74	69.28±1.3
	F	75	26.95 ± 1.95	49.75± 3.6
		150	24.04 ± 0.71	55.17± 1.3
		300	17.16 ± 0.59	68.00± 1.1
Quinine	M	10	0.23 ± 0.16	99.58±0.2
	F	10	0.25 ± 0.16	99.53± 0.3
Distilled water	M	200 µL	54.36 ± 3.43	0.00
	F	200 µL	53.63 ± 2.56	0.00

P < 0.001, statistically significant difference in comparison with control group (distilled water) using Student t-test; n=6. HEAI: hydroethanolic extracts of A. indica. M: Male; F: female.
a, b, and c represent comparison between groups. ANOVA followed by Tukey HSD test.