In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of the 80 Methanolic Root Bark Extract and Solvent Fractions of Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. (Rubiaceae) against Plasmodium berghei

Table 6

Parasitemia, percentage suppression and survival time of malaria infected mice treated with crude extract of Gardenia ternifolia root barks in repository test.

Group	% Parasitemia	% Suppression	Survival Time
CON	21.49±0.70	0.00	6.67±0.21
GT200	16.24±0.57	24.4	7.33±0.2
GT400	15.25±0.49	29.0	8.50±0.8
GT600	13.36±0.33	37.8	9.50±0.5
CQ25	3.26±0.38	84.8	16.00±0.7

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n=6); a, compared to CON; b, compared to CQ 25 mg/kg; c, compared to 200 mg/kg; d, compared to 400 mg/kg; e, compared to 600 mg/kg; ¹p< 0.05; ²p<0.01, ³p<0.001; CON, negative control; CQ, chloroquine (positive control); GT, crude extract.