Table 5.
Effects of aqueous and ethanolic leaf and root extracts of Alstonia boonei treatments on creatinine level of P. berghei infected mice
| Treatments(mg/Kg b. wt/day) | Creatinine (mg/dl) | ||
| BI | AI | AT | |
| Baseline | 0.73 ± 0.88b2 | 0.63 ± 0.09a1 | 0.73 ± 0.09b1 |
| Control | 0.67 ± 0.88a1 | 2.03 ± 0.34b3 | 3.03 ± 0.03c3 |
| Artesunate | 0.77 ± 0.12a2 | 2.27 ± 0.29b3 | 0.73 ± 0.03a1 |
| Aqueous leaf (400 mg/kg) | 0.80 ± 0.06a3 | 1.83 ± 0.12b2 | 1.30 ± 0.17b2 |
| Aqueous leaf (600 mg/kg) | 0.66 ± 0.07a1 | 2.17 ± 0.32c3 | 1.23 ± 0.15b12 |
| Aqueous leaf (800 mg/kg) | 0.83 ± 0.09a3 | 2.33 ± 0.29b3 | 0.80 ± 0.06a1 |
| Aqueous Root (400 mg/kg) | 0.73 ± 0.03a2 | 1.43 ± 0.34b2 | 1.06 ± 0.23b2 |
| Aqueous Root (600 mg/kg) | 0.63 ± 0.09a1 | 2.00 ± 0.12b3 | 0.77 ± 0.12a1 |
| Aqueous root (800 mg/kg) | 0.83 ± 0.09a3 | 1.87 ± 0.18b2 | 0.70 ± 0.15a1 |
| Ethanolic leaf (400 mg/kg) | 0.77 ± 0.03a2 | 2.00 ± 0.15b3 | 1.73 ± 0.12a2 |
| Ethanolic leaf (600 mg/kg) | 0.60 ± 0.06a1 | 2.23 ± 0.12c3 | 1.17 ± 0.09b2 |
| Ethanolic leaf (800 mg/kg) | 0.60 ± 0.00a1 | 2.20 ± 0.15c3 | 1.00 ± 0.58b2 |
| Ethanolic Root (400 mg/kg) | 0.67 ± 0.03a1 | 2.13 ± 0.17c3 | 1.00 ± 0.12b2 |
| Ethanolic Root (600 mg/kg) | 0.77 ± 0.09a2 | 2.30 ± 0.00b3 | 0.87 ± 0.09a1 |
| Ethanolic root (800 mg/kg) | 0.80 ± 0.06a3 | 2.20 ± 0.06b3 | 0.80 ± 0.06a1 |
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.