Table 2. Repository/Prophylactic activity of ethanolic leaves extract and fractions of M. scadens on P. berghei infection in mice (mean±SEM) (n=6).

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Parasitaemia	% Chemosuppression
Control (normal saline)	10 mL/kg	21.56±1.01	–
M. scadens crude extract	37	14.41±0.32*	33.16
	74	12.88±0.40*	40.25
	111	10.40±1.01*	51.76
Methanol fraction	74	12.15±1.04	43.64
Ethyl acetate fraction	74	13.54±1.04	37.19
Chloroform fraction	74	11.20±0.06*	48.05
Pyrimethamine	1.2	8.00±0.42*	62.89

*P<0.001 as compared with the control.