Research Article

Antimalarial Activity of Nigella sativa L. Seed Extracts and Selection of Resistance in Plasmodium berghei ANKA in a Mouse Model

Table 5

Packed cell volume on D0 and D4.

Animal groupDosePCV-D0PCV-D4% change

Control0.2 vehicle53.40 ± 2.3049.80 ± 2.78−6.74
5 mg/kg CQ52.40 ± 2.0755.00 ± 1.874.96

MeOH125 mg/kg53.00 ± 1.0053.00 ± 1.580.00
250 mg/kg51.75 ± 1.5053.25 ± 0.502.90
500 mg/kg52.40 ± 1.8253.60 ± 2.882.29

Control0.2 ml vehicle53.80 ± 2.7849.80 ± 1.64−7.43
5 mg/kg CQ53.80 ± 2.7855.80 ± 1.923.72

EtOAc125 mg/kg53.20 ± 3.0353.60 ± 1.520.75
250 mg/kg56.25 ± 3.8656.75 ± 2.990.41
500 mg/kg52.40 ± 2.3053.00 ± 1.581.15

The PCV is expressed as mean ± standard deviation.