Table 2.

Rectal temperature and bodyweight of infected mice treated with 80% methanol leaf extract of E. globulus in the 4-day suppressive test.

Groups	Body weight (g)			Rectal temperature (°C)
	D0	D4	% change	D0	D4	% change
DW	26.92 ± 0.83	22.50 ± 1.13	−16.58	37.25 ± 0.21	34.33 ± 0.42	−7.84
CE (mg/kg)
100	27.67 ± 1.21	24.83 ± 1.15	−10.27a1b3	36.75 ± 0.21	34.25 ± 0.21	−6.80b3
200	27.58 ± 1.46	26.08 ± 1.36	−5.42a3b3	36.67 ± 0.21	35.08 ± 0.35	−4.32a2b3
400	26.92 ± 0.79	27.00 ± 0.62	0.41a3b2	37.00 ± 0.29	35.67 ± 0.31	−4.96a1b3
CQ25 mg/kg	27.33 ± 0.63	29.67 ± 0.76	8.54a3	36.92 ± 0.30	37.25 ± 0.17	0.92a3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6. DW = distilled water, CE = crude extract, CQ = chloroquine, D0 = day 0, D4 = day 4, a = compared to negative control, b = compared to a standard drug, 1 = p < 0.05, 2 = p < 0.01, and 3 = p < 0.001.