Table 2.

Parasitemia and survival time of infected mice treated with aqueous root extract of Euclea divinorum in the 4-day suppressive test.

Animal group	Parasitemia level	(%) suppression	Survival time
CON	34.58 ± 0.71	—	7.5 ± 0.76
CQ 25 mg/kg	0.00 ± 0.00	100.00 ± 0.00a3	29.33 ± 0.33a3
100 mg/kg	23 ± 0.73	33.49 ± 2.03a3b3  d1e3	9.5 ± 0.76b3  d2e3
200 mg/kg	18.17 ± 1.82	47.46 ± 5.044a3b3e3	13.33 ± 0.88a3b3e1
400 mg/kg	10.33 ± 0.67	62.41 ± 1.85a3b3	17.67 ± 0.677a3b3

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 6; a, compared to negative control; b, to CQ 25 mg/kg; c, to 100 mg/kg; d, to 200 mg/kg; e, to 400 mg/kg; 1, p < 0.05; 2, p < 0.01; 3, p < 0.001; CON, control; CQ, chloroquine.