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. 2015 Oct 15;15:367. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0893-z

Table 4.

Effect of crude methanolic extract of the seeds of B. nigra on the body weights of P. berghei infected mice in suppressive test

Treatments	Doses	Body Weight (gm)
Treatments	Doses	D₀-Weight	D₄-Weight	Wt Change (%)
Distilled water	10 ml/kg	29.64 ± 0.34	29.30 ± 0.32	−1.15
Brassica nigra seed extract	100 mg/kg	30.38 ± 1.89	30.48 ± 2.05	0.33
	200 mg/kg	26.68 ± 1.57	26.92 ± 1.57	0.90^a1
	400 mg/kg	29.26 ± 1.41	29.62 ± 1.42	1.23^a1
Chloroquine	10 mg/kg	28.18 ± 1.64	28.58 ± 1.65	1.42^a2

Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM; n = 5. Where a = as compared to negative control; 1 = P < 0.01 and 2 = P < 0.001