Table 2 Body weight of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice before and after the administration of the test extract of roots of Echinops kebericho

Negative control

29.14 ± 0.26

28.64 ± 0.21

−1.72 ± 0.24

200 mg/kg EKM

28.90 ± 0.18

27.62 ± 0.40

−4.43 ± 0.22

350 mg/kg EKM

29.28 ± 0.27

28.12 ± 0.31

−3.96 ± 0.28

500 mg/kg EKM

29.06 ± 0.18

28.46 ± 0.30

−2.06 ± 0.21

25 mg/kg CQ

28.74 ± 0.11

31.08 ± 0.27*

+8.14 ± 0.16