Table 2.
Effect of different preparations of Tinospora cordifolia stem on forced-swimming-stressinduced changes in WBC related parameters in albino rats
| Groups | WBC (103/ µl) | Lymphocytes |
Granulocytes |
Monocytes |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (103/µl) | ± | (103/µl) | ± | (103/µl) | ± | ||
| Control without stress | 2.38 ± 0.39 | 2.16 ± 0.34 | 83.70 ± 0.81 | 0.28 ± 0.04 | 12.44 ± 0.94 | 0.10 ± 0.00 | 3.86 ± 0.16 |
| Water controlb 1.8 ml/kg | 1.12 ± 0.20 | 1.72 ± 0.32 | 92.00 ± 0.96@@ | 0.12 ± 0.04 | 5.02 ± 1.11@@ | 0.04 ± 0.02 | 2.24 ± 0.30@ |
| Plain ghrita 900 mg/kgb | 1.38 ± 0.32 | 1.67 ± 0.51 | 93.35 ± 1.05@@@ | 0.10 ± 0.03@ | 4.72 ± 0.73@@ | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 1.95 ± 0.30@ |
| Guduchi juiceb | 1.92 ± 0.36 | 1.67 ± 0.32 | 87.13 ± 1.44£# | 0.18 ± 0.05 | 9.95 ± 1.38# | 0.10 ± 0.03 | 2.92 ± 0.15 |
| WGGb 900 mg/kg | 1.76 ± 0.19# | 1.62 ± 0.18 | 91.16 ± 1.16@ | 0.12 ± 0.06 | 6.50 ± 1.08@ | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 2.04 ± 0.69@ |
| NGGb 900 mg/kg | 1.83 ± 0.17# | 1.62 ± 0.16 | 89.50 ± 2.64 | 0.14 ± 0.05 | 8.24 ± 2.24@@ | 0.02 ± 0.02 | 2.16 ± 0.34@ |
| SGGb 900 mg/kg | 1.80 ± 0.56*# | 1.28 ± 0.31 | 93.40 ± 0.92@@@ | 0.05 ± 0.02@ | 4.73 ± 0.62 | 0.05 ± 0.02 | 1.87 ± 0.32@@ |
Data is expressed as Mean± SEM.
*
P<0.05 as compared to plain ghrita,
@
P<0.05,
@@
P<0.001 and
@@@
P<0.05 as compared to control without stress,
£
P<0.05 as compared to SGG using ANOVA.
#
P<0.05 as compared to stress water control using Unpaired 't' test.
b
These groups are subjected to forced swimming stress