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Table 1 Body weight and relative organ weights of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice administered a combination of Ganoderma terpenoid extract and chloroquine for a period of 12 days

From: Ganoderma terpenoid extract exhibited anti-plasmodial activity by a mechanism involving reduction in erythrocyte and hepatic lipids in Plasmodium berghei infected mice

 

CQ

GT100 + CQ

GT250 + CQ

INF-CTR

Body weight change (g)

12.3 ± 1.2a

10.4 ± 0.7a,b

8.6 ± 0.5b

−9.2 ± 0.2c

Relative organ weight

 Liver

0.08 ± 0.001a

0.08 ± 0.001a

0.08 ± 0.001a

0.10 ± 0.001b

 Kidney

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.04 ± 0.001a

 Spleen

0.007 ± 0.001a

0.007 ± 0.001a

0.007 ± 0.001a

0.013 ± 0.001b

 Brain

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.001a

0.03 ± 0.001b

  1. Values are expressed as means ± SEM of 5 or 8 determinations. Values in the same rows carrying different superscript are statistically significant (p < 0.05)