Table 4.

Effect of crude methanolic root extracts of S. persica 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	55.05±1	45.01±2.06	-18.03±9.9 a	29.46±0.66	27.58±0.43 a	-6.39±0.79 a
200	54.57±1.31	52.25±1.16	-3.76±0.75 b	24.62±1.36	25.84±1.36 a	4.91±1.19 b
350	54.68±0.94	52.25±1.03	-4.76±0.67 b	28.88±0.28	29.72±0.45 a	2.9±0.1 b
500	54.25±0.8	51.72±0.94	-4.67±0.73 b	25.4±0.70	25.9±1 a	3.81±1.7 b
QC	54.85±0.38	58.06±0.83	4.58±0.61 b	28.18±1	31.02±0.74 a	10.31±2.3 b

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.