Table 1.

Mean percentage of parasitemia in the different treatment groups.

Treatment groups	Mean % parasitemia
Distilled water	24.26 ± 0.41
200 mg/kg extract	15.88 ± 3.75
400 mg/kg extract	13.46 ± 2.57
800 mg/kg extract	12.77 ± 1.58
25 mg/kg chloroquine	0.00 ± 0.00

Distilled water served as the negative control, whereas chloroquine was the positive control.