. 2013 Jun 4;2013:929074. doi: 10.1155/2013/929074

Table 7.

Effect of aqueous extract of Artemisia afra on some haematological parameters of diabetic rats (n = 6 ± SE).

	Control	Diabetic	Diabetic + Artemisia afra (mg/kg body weight)
	Control	Diabetic	50	100	200
White blood cells (×10⁹/L)	7.76 ± 0.95^a	13.15 ± 1.04^b	8.62 ± 0.67^a	8.71 ± 0.99^a	8.79 ± 0.90^a
Red blood cells (×10¹²/L)	8.28 ± 0.27^a	6.56 ± 0.10^b	8.07 ± 0.37^a	7.94 ± 0.37^a	7.92 ± 0.26^a
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	15.43 ± 0.29^a	12.57 ± 0.35^b	15.35 ± 0.45^a	15.30 ± 0.42^a	15.08 ± 0.46^a
Packed cell volume (L/L)	0.48 ± 0.02^a	0.24 ± 0.02^b	0.47 ± 0.02^a	0.46 ± 0.03^a	0.46 ± 0.02^a
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	62.43 ± 1.09^a	53.55 ± 1.24^b	60.18 ± 1.22^a	59.90 ± 1.53^a	59.85 ± 1.54^a
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)	19.70 ± 0.65^a	15.03 ± 0.62^b	19.27 ± 0.46^a	19.10 ± 0.26^a	19.00 ± 0.41^a
Mean corp. haemoglobin conc. (g/dL)	33.20 ± 0.51^a	26.77 ± 0.21^b	32.30 ± 0.59^a	32.28 ± 0.61^a	32.13 ± 0.58^a
Platelets (×10⁹/L)	924.00 ± 11.36^a	639.75 ± 12.84^b	765.75 ± 14.10^c	746.33 ± 15.77^c	746.00 ± 13.16^c
Neutrophils (%)	13.20 ± 0.28^a	4.53 ± 0.22^b	8.10 ± 0.41^c	7.85 ± 0.35^c	7.85 ± 0.31^c
Lymphocytes (%)	60.13 ± 1.93^a	68.67 ± 1.08^b	61.33 ± 1.44^a	62.34 ± 1.46^a	62.45 ± 1.25^a
Eosinophils (%)	3.03 ± 0.50^a	1.15 ± 0.18^b	2.67 ± 0.46^a	2.50 ± 0.18^a	2.47 ± 0.32^a

Values carrying different superscripts from the control for each parameter are significantly different (P < 0.05).