Table 3. Hematological parameters of rats with arthritis induced by Freund’s Complete Adjuvant (FCA) on day 28 after the injection of FCA (after two weeks of treatment) .
| Parameters | Groups, number of animals in group on day 28 | |||
| Control, n=15 | Adjuvant Arthritis, n=11 | Hemantane gel, n=8 | Diclofenac gel, n=10 | |
| Red blood cells, 1012/L | 9.09 (8.23; 9.35) | 9.44 (8.77; 9.98) | 8.94 (8.20; 9.39) | 8.70 (8.60; 8.80) |
| Hemoglobin, g/L | 137.00 (133.00; 141.50) | 138.00 (134.00; 143.50) | 136.50 (126.80; 141.80) | 133.00 (127.50; 138.50) |
| Hematocrit, % | 45.53 (40.89; 47.45) | 47.38 (46.29; 49.63) | 45.17 (40.30; 47.40) | 43.78 (43.05; 44.62)# |
| Platelets, 109/L | 434.00 (399.00; 451.00) | 412.00 (387.50; 441.20) | 438.50 (382.50; 474.20) | 495.00 (440.20; 548.80) |
| Plateletcrit, % | 0.23 (0.20; 0.24) | 0.21 (0.20; 0.22) | 0.21 (0.19; 0.24) | 0.26 (0.23; 0.28) |
| White blood cells, 109/L | 16.91 (14.28; 18.96) | 17.27 (16.47; 20.29) | 13.95 (12.99; 15.9) | 16.75 (15.73; 18.67) |
| Granulocytes, 109/L | 4.34 (3.85; 5.20) | 4.14 (3.71; 5.55) | 4.76 (3.80; 5.37) | 4.53 (3.96; 6.93) |
| Stab neutrophils (%) | 1.0 (0.0; 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 1.0) | 0.5 (0.0; 1.8) | 0.5 (0.0; 1.3) |
| Segmented neutrophils (%) | 19.0 (16.5; 26.0)@ | 20.5 (17.3; 23.3)@ | 25.0 (21.3; 27.3)#*@ | 26.5 (19.8; 36.0)#* |
| Eosinophils (%) | 0.0 (0.0; 1.0) | 0.5 (0.0; 1.5) | 0.5 (0.0; 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 0.5) |
| Basophils (%) | 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) |
| Monocytes (%) | 4.0 (3.0; 4.5) | 4.0 (2.8; 6.0) | 2.0 (2.0; 3.5) | 4.0 (3.8; 5.0) |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 74.0 (71.0; 77.5) | 73.5 (69.8; 78.0)@ | 71.0 (69.5; 74.8)@ | 69.5 (58.0; 76.3) |
* P < 0.05 vs. control group, Mann–Whitney U test; # P < 0.05 vs. adjuvant arthritis group, Mann–Whitney U test; @ P < 0.05 vs. day 14 after the injection of FCA, Mann–Whitney U test; data are expressed as median (Q1; Q3).