Phytochemical Screening and In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Two Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants of Afar Region, Ethiopia, against Plasmodium berghei in Swiss Albino Mice

Table 8

Antimalarial activities of crude Chloroform leaf extracts of Balanites rotundifolia and mean survival time.

Dose mg/kg extract	% Parasitaemia ± SEM	% Suppression	MST
NC	75.92±1.09	0.00	6±0.63
200	56.48±0.9	25.6±1.72	8 ±0.83
350	44.16±0.78	41.83±1.57	9.2±0.2
500	33.42±2.77	55.98±3.17	9.4±0.51
QC	0.00	100	30(+)

Means in a column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (P>0.05).
Key: values are presented as M±SEM; n=5; CQ= Chloroquine Phosphate; NC=negative control (0.2ml of dH2O); += maximum days of followup; MST=mean survival time.