Table 3 Antimalarial activity of MCM-41 encapsulated QN (1) in P. berghei NK65-infected mice.

From: Mesoporous silica nanocarriers encapsulated antimalarials with high therapeutic performance

Dose (mg/kg bw)

Parasitemia (% Reduction)

Mean Survival Time (Days)

Day 4 post-inoculation

Day 6 post-inoculation

Day 8 post-inoculation

Infected Untreated

2.81

3.51

9.60

7.75

QN1 (15)

0.90(68.14)

0.97(65.48)

2.30(76.06)

20.50

0.0625

0.25(91.10)

0.38(89.47)

0.85(90.71)

16.67

0.125

0.02(99.18)

0.07(98.03)

0.12(99.50)

23.33

0.25

0.40(85.65)

0.69(80.83)

0.89(90.25)

26.67

0.50

0.14(95.12)

0.54(84.93)

0.52(94.33)

21.67

1.00

0.48(82.77)

0.42(88.28)

0.31(96.61)

18.00

  1. Values are expressed as means of 5 replicates, bw: body weight, QN 1 (15) : MCM-41  QN, 15 mg/kg body weight of QN.