In Vivo Antimalarial Evaluation of Crude Extract, Solvent Fractions, and TLC-Isolated Compounds from Olea europaea Linn subsp. cuspidata (Oleaceae)

Table 3

Effect of the crude extract of O. europaea on parasitaemia of P. berghei infected mice.

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Antimalarial activities
		% parasitaemia ± SEM	% suppression
Crude extract	200	21.06 ± 0.64	30.24^a3
	400	17.32 ± 1.96	42.63^a3
	600	14.37 ± 0.77	52.40^a3b1
Dist. water	10 ml/kg	30.19 ± 1.85	0.00
Chloroquine	25	0.00	100.00^abcd3

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6; a = compared to negative control; b = compared to 200 mg/kg; c = compared to 400 mg/kg; d = compared to 600 m/kg; ; .