Table 3.
Effects of aqueous and ethanolic leaf and root extracts of Alstonia boonei treatments on alanine aminotransferase of P. berghei infected mice
| Treatments(mg/Kg b. wt/day) | ALT (I/U) | ||
| BI | AI | AT | |
| Baseline | 23.00±0.87a5 | 23.00±0.87a1 | 22.17±0.88a2 |
| Control | 23.00±0.58a5 | 26.83±1.09a4 | 38.07±0.12b6 |
| Artesunate | 20.50±0.29a2 | 27.00±0.00b5 | 26.93±1.59b5 |
| Aqueous leaf (400 mg/kg) | 21.00±0.58a3 | 25.30±0.66b3 | 21.93±0.48a1 |
| Aqueous leaf (600 mg/kg) | 21.67±0.88a3 | 27.00±0.87b5 | 22.40±0.45a2 |
| Aqueous leaf (800 mg/kg) | 21.00±0.00a3 | 24.00±0.70c2 | 23.70±0.46b3 |
| Aqueous Root (400 mg/kg) | 20.83±0.60a2 | 26.03±0.55c2 | 21.73±1.17b1 |
| Aqueous Root (600 mg/kg) | 23.63±1.68b5 | 26.83±1.42c4 | 21.90±1.40a1 |
| Aqueous root (800 mg/kg) | 22.00±1.16a4 | 25.33±0.83c3 | 23.90±1.43b3 |
| Ethanolic leaf (400 mg/kg) | 19.67±0.67a1 | 27.86±0.94c5 | 24.50±0.40b4 |
| Ethanolic leaf (600 mg/kg) | 22.20±1.11a4 | 24.56±0.56c2 | 23.53±1.35b3 |
| Ethanolic leaf (800 mg/kg) | 19.00±0.58a1 | 26.07±0.48c4 | 23.80±0.25b3 |
| Ethanolic Root (400 mg/kg) | 22.00±0.00a4 | 25.17±0.73c3 | 24.23±0.29b4 |
| Ethanolic Root (600 mg/kg) | 22.33±1.20a4 | 25.90±0.08c3 | 24.57±1.11b4 |
| Ethanolic root (800 mg/kg) | 21.67±0.88a3 | 25.67±1.20c3 | 22.30±0.35b2 |
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 different treatment periods. Different superscript numerals in the same column indicates significance difference (p<0.05) in mean values of extract. BI: Before Inoculation; AI: After Inoculation; AT: After Treatment.