Table 2.

Effect of 80 % methanol crude extract of medicinal plants on parasitaemia level of P. berghei infected Swiss albino mice

Medicinal plant	Dose mg/kg/day	D4 post-infection		P value
		% parasitaemia (M ± SEM)D4	% suppression (M ± SEM)
Ajuga integrifolia	200	42.56 ± 1.80*a	21.06 ± 1.27	0.000
	400	40.49 ± 1.40*a	24.87 ± 1.54	0.000
	800	34.92 ± 1.20*a	35.17 ± 1.95	0.000
Clerodendrum myricoides	200	52.19 ± 1.13	3.88 ± 1.36	0.851
	400	49.95 ± 1.60	7.18 ± 1.94	0.166
	800	45.78 ± 1.49*a	14.99 ± 2.02	0.001
Melia azedarach	200	50.96 ± 1.50	5.43 ± 1.50	0.462
	400	42.95 ± 1.60*a	21.75 ± 1.31	0.000
	800	36.84 ± 1.22*a	31.54 ± 2.18	0.000
Peponium vogelii	200	54.48 ± 1.06	2.62 ± 0.89	0.789
	400	53.23 ± 0.89	5.54 ± 0.60	0.337
	800	51.99 ± 0.85	7.20 ± 0.77	0.074
Premna schimperi	200	56.70 ± 0.83	2.27 ± 0.70	0.933
	400	55.90 ± 0.64	2.63 ± 0.31	0.486
	800	54.78 ± 0.65	4.56 ± 0.58	0.066
NC	0	53.84 ± 0.83	0.00 ± 0.00
PC	10	0.00 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.00

Values are expressed as M ± SEM; n = 5

NC negative control (0.2 mL of dH₂O); PC positive control (chloroquine), D4 day four

^* P < 0.05

^acompared to negative control