Table 7.

Chemoprophylactic activity of 80% methanol leaf extract of E. globulus against P. berghei in mice.

Groups	% parasitemia	% parasitemia suppression	Mean survival time (day)
DW	29.67 ± 1.17	0.00	6.17 ± 0.48
CE (mg/kg)
100	16.50 ± 0.85	44.39a3b3	9.50 ± 0.99a1b3
200	15.83 ± 0.95	46.65a3b3	10.17 ± 0.87a2b3
400	14.00 ± 0.58	52.81a3b3	12.83 ± 0.65a3b3
CQ 25 mg/kg	5.67 ± 0.61	80.89a3	25.67 ± 0.42a3

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