Table 3.

Effect of Myrica salicifolia on the Body Weights, Packed Cell Volume, and Temperature of Plasmodium berghei–Infected Mice in the 4-Day Suppressive Test.*

Group	Temperature (°C)			Weight (g)			Packed Cell Volume
	D0	D4	% Change	D0	D4	% Change	D0	D4	% Change
NC	36.5 ± 0.374	35.74 ± 0.28	−2.12	27.3 ± 2.91	25.34 ± 2.99	−7.73	52 ± 1.04	43.4 ± 2.16	−19.82
100 mg/kg	37.34 ± 0.373	36.94 ± 0.37	−1.08b1	27.92 ± 0.59	26.8 ± 0.92	−4.18	54 ± 0.70	49.6 ± 0.68	−8.87
200 mg/kg	37 ± 0.18	37 ± 0.30	0	25.7 ± 1.10	24.72 ± 1.04	−3.96b2	51.4 ± 0.51	48.6 ± 0.51	−5.76
400 mg/kg	36.9 ± 0.31	37 ± 0.21a1	0.27	29.22 ± 2.22	28.54 ± 2.24	−2.38	54.6 ± 1.50	53 ± 1.67	−3.01
25 mg/kg CQ	36.52 ± 0.30	37.32 ± 0.21a2	2.14a2	27.72 ± 4.21	28.8 ± 4.20	3.75a2	53.4 ± 2.69	54 ± 2.38	1.11

Abbreviations: CQ, chloroquine diphosphate; NC, normal control; D0, day infection was initiated; D4, fifth day of infection.

* Values are presented as mean ± SD (standard deviation). Statistical significance as compared with treatment control denoted by ¹ P < .05, ² P < .01, ³ P < .001, ⁴ P < .0001, ^acompared with NC, and ^bcompared with CQ.