Table 5.

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

Treatments	Doses	Body Weight (gm)
		D1-Weight	D7-Weight	Wt Change (%)
Distilled water	10 ml/kg	24.94 ± 1.99	24.48 ± 2.00	−1.84
Brassica nigra seed extract	100 mg/kg	26.80 ± 0.99	27.00 ± 0.94	0.75
	200 mg/kg	25.84 ± 2.42	26.06 ± 2.50	0.85
	400 mg/kg	28.10 ± 1.56	28.42 ± 1.68	1.14
Chloroquine	10 mg/kg	26.86 ± 1.13	27.34 ± 1.17	1.79a1

Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM; n = 5. Where a = as compared to negative control and 1 = P < 0.05