Ethnopharmacological Survey and Antisickling Activity of Plants Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Kikwit City, DR Congo

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Samples</td><td class="align_center">Cellular perimeter (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td class="align_center">Cellular surface (<i>μ</i>m<sup>2</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Cellular radius (<i>μ</i>m)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Negative control</td><td class="align_center">24.9 ± 1.1</td><td class="align_center">32.5 ± 2.6</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Positive control</td><td class="align_center">19.0 ± 1.7</td><td class="align_center">25.1 ± 1.8</td><td class="align_center">3.5 ± 0.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Extract of <i>A. bettzickiana</i></td><td class="align_center">18.9 ± 1.7</td><td class="align_center">24.7 ± 2.4</td><td class="align_center">3.5 ± 0.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Extract of <i>D. brazzae</i></td><td class="align_center">19.4 ± 2.1</td><td class="align_center">25.3 ± 2.0</td><td class="align_center">3.6 ± 0.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Perimeter, surface, and radius of untreated and treated sickle RBCs with the aqueous extract of <i>D. brazzae</i> and <i>A. bettzickiana</i> leaves.</div>

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Table 5: Ethnopharmacological Survey and Antisickling Activity of Plants Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Kikwit City, DR Congo 