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. 2020 Dec;20(4):1698–1709. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i4.21

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.