Table 5.

Effect of the solvent fractions of Carica papaya root on PCV, body temperature, and weight of P. berghei infected mice on 4-day Peter's suppression test.

Treatment group	Dose mg/kg/day	Packed cell volume
		Day 0	Day 4	% change
Petroleum ether fraction	100	55.3 ± 2.94	53.5 ± 1.22	−3.45
	200	55.5 ± 1.52	54.3 ± 3.44	−2.34a1
	400	56.3 ± 1.97	55.5 ± 1.52	−1.51a3
Chloroform fraction	100	55.7 ± 1.50	52.17 ± 2.23	−6.81
	200	55.0 ± 1.09	52.7 ± 1.63	−4.47
	400	54.7 ± 1.03	53.5 ± 2.17	−2.28a2
Methanol fraction	100	56.0 ± 1.26	51.7 ± 1.50	−8.41
	200	55.0 ± 1.09	49.8 ± 2.23	−10.50
	400	55.7 ± 1.50	54 ± 1.79	−3.11
Vehicle	1 ml	56.0 ± 1.79	50.7 ± 3.27	−10.79
Chloroquine	25	56.0 ± 1.55	56.0 ± 2.10	1.69

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6; ^acompared to negative control (vehicle; 2% Tween 80); ¹p < 0.05; ²p < 0.01; ³p < 0.001. Day 0 = pretreatment value on day 0. Day 4 = posttreatment value on day four.