Research Article

Antimalarial Property and Acute Toxicity of the Leaves of Theobroma cacao L.

Table 1

Body weight changes of rats over 14 days following the administration of a single 2000 mg/kg body weight dose of extract.

Mean body weight on day 0 (g)Mean body weight on day 7 (g)Mean body weight on day 14 (g)Mean change in body weight on day 7 (g)Mean change in body weight on day 14 (g)

139.9 ± 1.44151.1 ± 1.39160.9 ± 1.3711.18 ± 0.3421.00 ± 1.23