Table 7.

Effect of Myrica salicifolia Crude Extract on the Body Weights, Packed Cell Volume, and Temperature of Plasmodium berghei–Infected Mice in the Prophylactic Test.*

Group	Temperature (°C)			Weight (g)			Packed Cell Volume
	D0	D4	% Change	D0	D4	% Change	D0	D4	% Change
NC	36.72 ± 0.28	35.66 ± 0.29	2.87 ± 0.96	31.58 ± 0.79	29.56 ± 0.74	6.38 ± 0.73	53.80 ± 1.07	45.20 ± 1.15	15.90 ± 2.29
100 mg/kg	36.80 ± 0.25	35.70 ± 0.42	3.00 ± 0.48b2	30.10 ± 0.99	28.76 ± 0.93	4.44 ± 0.38b3	56.00 ± 0.45	50.40 ± 0.75a1,b1	10.02 ± 0.77a1,b3
200 mg/kg	36.30 ± 0.44	35.88 ± 0.29	−0.56 ± 0.64a2	31.84 ± 0.58	31.16 ± 0.39	2.08 ± 0.89a1,b1	54.00 ± 1.41	50.80 ± 1.93a1,b1	6.04 ± 1.26a3,b1
400 mg/kg	37.10 ± 0.32	36.76 ± 0.33	−0.27 ± 0.29a2	30.54 ± 0.50	30.38 ± 0.68	0.56 ± 0.71a2	56.00 ± 055	53.80 ± 0.49a3	2.85 ± 0.90a4
25 mg/kg CQ	36.76 ± 0.19	36.86 ± 0.98	−0.28 ± 0.33a2	29.96 ± 0.68	30.56 ± 0.91	−1.96 ± 1.39a4	56.00 ± 1.14	56.94 ± 1.05a4	−0.02 ± 0.56a4

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

* 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.