Table 1.
Percentage parasitaemia and chemosuppressive activities of aqueous and ethanolic leaf and root extracts of A. boonie in P. berghei infected mice (suppressive test)
| Treatments | Parasitaemia (%) | Chemosuppressive activities |
| Baseline | 0.00 ± 0.00a1 | 0.00 ± 0.00a1 |
| Control | 2.12 ± 6.41b7 | 0.00 ± 0.00a1 |
| Artesunate | 6.87 ± 1.53a2 | 67.67 ± 7.42b5 |
| Aqueous leaf (400 mg/kg) |
9.57 ± 2.03a4 | 54.66 ± 9.62b4 |
| Aqueous leaf (600 mg/kg) |
9.10 ± 2.00a4 | 57.00 ± 9.50b4 |
| Aqueous leaf (800 mg/kg) |
7.00 ± 1.75a3 | 66.33 ± 7.69b5 |
| Aqueous Root (400 mg/kg) |
31.17 ± 5.73a2 | 39.33 ±11.14b3 |
| Aqueous Root (600 mg/kg) |
22.57 ± 7.95a8 | 56.00 ± 15.31b4 |
| Aqueous root (800 mg/kg) |
15.00 ± 3.05a6 | 71.00 ± 5.51b6 |
| Ethanolic leaf (400 mg/kg) |
7.53 ± 2.41a3 | 86.33 ± 4.49b7 |
| Ethanolic leaf (600 mg/kg) |
6.67 ± 1.76a2 | 88.00 ± 3.22b7 |
| Ethanolic leaf (800 mg/kg) |
6.60 ± 2.44a2 | 88.33 ± 4.26b7 |
| Ethanolic Root (400 mg/kg) |
12.60 ± 3.81a5 | 77.33 ± 7.77b6 |
| Ethanolic Root (600 mg/kg) |
12.23 ± 1.19a5 | 78.00 ± 2.31b6 |
| Ethanolic root (800 mg/kg) |
7.87 ± 2.67a3 | 86.00 ± 4.58b7 |
All values expressed as mean ± standard error of mean. Different superscript letters on the same row indicates significance difference (p<0.05) in mean values among treatment indices. Different superscript numerals in the same column indicates significance difference (p<0.05) in mean values of extracts.