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Table 3.

Effect of crude hydromethanolic root extract of Indigofera spicata on level of parasitemia and survival time of mice infected with P. berghei in curative test

Group	Level of parasitemia						Survival date
Group	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	% change	Survival date
NS	18.4 ± 1.78	24.8 ± 1.8	30.4 ± 0.68	40.75 ± 1.65	51 ± 2.00	–	6.2 ± 0.37
200 mg/kg IS	17.6 ± 1.72	22 ± 1.67	22.6 ± 1.89^a,2	20.6 ± 1.5^a,3	21.7 ± 1.76^a,3	58.18	6.8 ± 0.84
400 mg/kg IS	16.2 ± 1.66	18.8.4 ± 1.16	16.2 ± 0.74^a,3,b,1	15.8 ± 1.36^a,3,b,2	13.3 ± 1.59^a,3,b,3	74.12	7.8 ± 0.37^a,1
600 mg/kg IS	18.8 ± 1.16	18.2 ± 1.56^a,1	15.4 ± 2.09^a,3,b,2	10.4 ± 1.21^a,3,b,3	10.2 ± 0.58^a,3,b,3	80.00	8.2 ± 0.84^a,2
25 mg/kg CQ	16.6 ± 1.96	11.4 ± 1.21^{a,3,b,2,c,1,d,1}	4 ± 0.45^{a,3,b,3,c,3,d,3}	0.4 ± 0.25^{a,3,b,3,c,3,d,3}	0.00^{a,3,b,3,c,3,d,3}	100	>15^{a,3,b,3,c,3,d,3}

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 5

IS, Indigofera spictata; CQ, chloroquine

^aCompared to control

^bTo 200 mg/kg

^cTo 400 mg/kg

^dTo 600 mg/kg

¹p < 0.05

²p < 0.01

³p < 0.001