Evaluation of the Antimalarial Activity of the Leaf Latex of Aloe weloensis (Aloaceae) against Plasmodium Parasites

Table 2

Parasitemia level, % suppression, and survival time of infected mice treated by the leaf latex of A. weloensis in the curative test.

Groups	% parasitemia	% suppression	Survival time (days)
10 ml/kg NC	76.85 ± 0.61	00.00	8.12% ± 0.41
25 mg/kg CQ	00.00 ± 0.00	100.00^a3b3c2d2	30.00 ± 0.00^a3b2
200 mg/kg LL	40.37 ± 0.71^a3e2	36.17^a3e3	12.72 ± 0.45^a2e2
400 mg/kg LL	30.25 ± 0.45^a3e2	57.69^a3e2	20.14 ± 0.62^a2
600 mg/kg LL	23.65 ± 0.57^a3e1	73.51^a3e2	24.87 ± 0.73^a2

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean; n = 6. ^aCompared to vehicle; ^bcompared to 200 mg/kg; ^ccompared to 400 mg/kg; ^dcompared to 600 mg/kg; ^ecompared to 25 mg/kg CQ. ¹, ², and ³ with respect to vehicle control. CQ, chloroquine; LL, leaf latex; NC, negative control.