Research Article
Efficacy of Eosin B as a New Antimalarial Drug in a Murine Model
Table 1
Percent suppression activity in CBA/J mice with a single dose of drugs as per Peters four-day suppressive test in group A.
| | Parasitemia ip dosage 96 h | Suppressive activity ip 96 h | Mean survival time in days in ip mice | Parasitemia op dosage 96 h | Suppressive activity op 96 h | Mean survival time in days in op mice |
| Eosin 100 mg/kg | 14.5% | 27.5% | 14 | 13% | 48% | 15 | Eosin 200 mg/kg | 13% | 35% | 15 | 12% | 52% | 16 | Eosin 400 mg/kg | 10% | 50% | 16 | 7% | 72% | 19 | Eosin 800 mg/kg | 7% | 65% | 19 | 5% | 80% | 21 | Art | 8% | 60% | 16 | 7.5% | 70% | 18 | CQ | 10% | 50% | 16 | 6.5% | 74% | 19 | DV | 20% | | 12 | 25% | | 12 |
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Results were significant as analyzed by ANOVA .
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