. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2007 Nov 12;46(3):1068–1078. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.11.001

Table 2.

Selected hematology parameters in female rats exposed to MSC

	Female RBC (10⁶/μL)	Female HCT (%)	Female HGB (g/dL)	Female MCV (fl)	Female MCH (pg)	Female reticulocyte (%)	Female platelet (10³/μL)	Prothrombin time (sec)
Vehicle control	7.8 ± 0.3	47.1 ± 1.7	15.8 ± 0.4	60.2 ± 1.6	20.2 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.9	1198 ± 133	15.2 ± 0.5
MSC – 0.15 mg/kg	7.9 ± 0.4	47.4 ± 2.1	15.9 ± 0.7	60.5 ± 1.7	20.3 ± 0.6	3.9 ± 0.7	1194 ± 102	15.7 ± 0.5
MSC – 0.30 mg/kg	7.8 ± 0.3	45.6 ± 1.9 ^a	15.3 ± 0.7 ^a	58.6 ± 1.8 ^b	19.7 ± 0.6 ^a	4.3 ± 0.8	1067 ± 111 ^a	16.1 ± 0.5
MSC – 0.60 mg/kg	7.4 ± 0.4 ^b	43.2 ± 1.8 ^b	14.8 ± 0.6 ^b	58.3 ± 1.6 ^b	20.0 ± 0.5	5.3 ± 1.2 ^b	880 ± 183 ^b	17.4 ± 2.4 ^b

All values are Mean ± Standard Deviation.

p < 0.05 versus sex-matched vehicle control group.

p < 0.01 versus sex-matched vehicle control group.