Table 3.

Effect of crude chloroform leaf extracts of Balanites rotundifolia on body weight and PCV of P. berghei infected mice.

Dose mg/kg extract	PCV		Mean PCV	Body weight		Mean BWT
			% change			% change
	Day-0	Day-4		Day-0	Day-4
NC	64.86±0.65	49.98±2.34	-22.78±4.3 a	24.8±0.96	22.6.±1.07	-8.67±3.6 b
200	62.18±0.96	48.18±3.38	-22.14±5.54 a	27.2±0.58	26±0.37	-4.41±2.3 a
350	60.02±1.1	52.82±2.51	- 7.68±5.67 b	27 ±0.44	26±0.58	-3.47±0.87 a
500	62.62±1.05	54.5±1.41	-12.82±3.04 b	25±0.71	24.8±1.39	-0.8±1.08 a
QC	64.91±0.64	61.74±0.59	-4.81±0.63 b	26.6±1.36	26.4±0.8	-1.5±0.8 a

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

Key= values are presented as M±SEM; n=5; CQ= Chloroquine Phosphate; NC= negative control (0.2ml of dH2O); BWT=body weight.