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. 2018 Oct 17;11:736. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3835-2

Table 2.

Effect of V. adoensis of aqueous, methanol and chloroform leaf extracts on the body weights of P. berghei infected mice

Test extracts Dose (mg/kg/day) Body weight % Change
Before treatment (D0) After treatment (D4)
Aqueous NC 28.22 ± 0.42 24.66 ± 0.29* − 12.62a
200 27.74 ± 0.21 25.66 ± 0.52* − 7.49b
400 29.08 ± 0.28 28.88 ± 0.71 − 0.68b
600 29.62 ± 0.18 28.46 ± 0.49 − 3.92b
PC 29.66 ± 0.38 28.82 ± 0.16 − 2.83b
Methanol NC 28.92 ± 0.30 25.82 ± 0.09* − 10.72a
200 30.60 ± 0.31 28.53 ± 0.83 − 6.76b
400 30.08 ± 0.34 29.2 ± 0.68 − 2.93b
600 28.5 ± 0.36 28.2 ± 0.40 − 1.05b
PC 27.27 ± 0.26 27.12 ± 0.24 − 0.55b
Chloroform NC 26.58 ± 0.47 22.72 ±  0.27* − 14.52a
200 51.67 ± 0.25 51.02 ± 0.46 − 1.26b
400 52.3 ± 0.36 52.12 ± 0.33 − 0.34b
600 53.16 ± 0.63 53.13 ± 0.64 − 0.06b
PC 51.42 ± 0.35 52.08 ± 0.55 1.28b

Values are presented as Mean ± SEM

NC, negative control (0.2 ml of respective vehicle); PC, positive control (0.2 ml of CQ)

* There was significant change between D0 and D4 (P < 0.05)

a,bValues in the same column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (P > 0.05)