Research Article

Antimalarial Activity of Croton macrostachyus Stem Bark Extracts against Plasmodium berghei In Vivo

Table 3

Chemoprotective assay. Parasitemia (%) in the infected mice treated prophylactic with different C. macrostachyus extracts against Plasmodium berghei.

Animal group/treatment dose Parasitemia (%) 
Extract
EtOAcMeOHisoBuOH

PC
500
250
100
NC

each experiment a group of six mice were examined. The values represent the mean and standard deviation; PC = positive artemether control; NC = negative 10% Tween 80 control; EtOAc = ethyl acetate extract; MeOH = methanol extract; isoBuOH = isobutanol extract.