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In this study, chloroform fractions of the leaves of two medicinal plants,<jats:italic>Alchornea cordifolia<\/jats:italic>(ACL) and<jats:italic>Carapa procera<\/jats:italic>(CPL), were investigated for their toxicological and anti-malarial effects in murine models.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method:<\/jats:bold>Acute (14-day) and sub-acute (28-day) studies were conducted based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines in Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) mice and Sprague Dawley (SD) rats respectively. A dosage of 2000\u00a0mg\/kg body weight was administered orally to each ICR mouse during the acute study and 100, 300, and 1000\u00a0mg\/kg body weight to each SD rat during the sub-acute study. A 5-day curative anti-plasmodial activity was assessed in ICR mouse model.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>The assessment of toxicity revealed that all three fractions did not influence mortality, clinical appearance, body weight gain, or necropsy at the various doses. Hematological and serum biochemical analysis indicated no significant elevations in liver and renal function parameters. Histopathological examinations of the liver indicated reversible liver degeneration with the chloroform fraction of the 100% ethanol extract of<jats:italic>Carapa procera<\/jats:italic>leaves (CPL100%) at 1000\u00a0mg\/kg. Anti-plasmodial assessments showed CPL100% exhibiting dose-dependent anti-plasmodial activity from 16% to 26.67%. On the other hand, chloroform fraction of the 100% ethanol extract of<jats:italic>Alchornea cordifolia<\/jats:italic>leaves (ACL100%) showed declining anti-plasmodial activity from 21.1% to 15.1%.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>These preliminary findings demonstrate that chloroform fractions of the leaves of<jats:italic>Carapa procera<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Alchornea cordifolia<\/jats:italic>may be safe agents for treating malaria hence further development for drug discovery must be pursued.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2022.1077380","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]],"date-time":"2022-12-23T05:20:27Z","timestamp":1671772827000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Assessment of toxicity and anti-plasmodial activities of chloroform fractions of Carapa procera and Alchornea cordifolia in murine models"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ayisha","family":"Mahama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary Anti","family":"Chama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emelia","family":"Oppong Bekoe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George Awuku","family":"Asare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Obeng-Kyeremeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Amoah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Constance","family":"Agbemelo-Tsomafo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Linda Eva","family":"Amoah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isaac Joe","family":"Erskine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kwadwo Asamoah","family":"Kusi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Adjei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.1016\/s0378-8741(03)00193-4","article-title":"Effect of ethanolic extract of Khaya senegalensis on some biochemical parameters of rat kidney","volume":"88","author":"Adebayo","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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