Lack of schizontocidal activity of three herbal decoctions on Plasmodium berghei berghei in mice.

This work reports the effects of three herbal decoctions on Plasmodium berghei berghei in mice. The schizontocidal activity of each decoction was determined on an established infection using chloroquine as a standard and distilled water as control. Also a repository study of the decoction was carried out in another group of mice. The three decoctions neither reduced parasitaemia nor prolonged the life of infected mice that received them.