Table 6.

Effect of Myrica salicifolia Crude Extract on Percentage Parasitemia and Survival Time of Plasmodium berghei–Infected Mice in the Prophylactic Test.*

Group	% Parasitemia	% Suppression	Survival Time (Days)
NC	42.00 ± 0.34	—	6.40 ± 0.25
100 g/kg	26.40 ± 0.48a4,b4	37.14	8.80 ± 0.37a1,b4
200 mg/kg	21.20 ± 1.24a4,b4	49.52	11.00 ± 0.71a4,b4
400 mg/kg	17.80 ± 0.86a4,b4	57.62	13.20 ± 0.86a4,b4
25 mg/kg CQ	0.00 ± 0.00a4	100	30.00 ± 0.00a4

Abbreviations: CQ, chloroquine diphosphate; NC, negative control.

* Values are presented as mean ± SEM (standard error of the mean). Statistical significance denoted by ¹ P < .05, ² P < .01, ³ P < .001, ⁴ P < .0001, ^acompared with NC, and ^bcompared with CQ.