. 2013 Jul 28;13:195. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-195

Table 5.

Effect of Dioscorea villosa after oral administration (single dose-5 g/Kg) on hematologic parameters considering sex interaction in Wistar rats (n = 6)

Groups
Parameters	FC	FT	R1	MC	MT	R2
Leukocyte (×10³/mm³)	5.17 ± 0.853	7.18 ± 0.385	4.7 – 12.98 ^a	7.03 ± 0.677	7.70 ± 1.220	5.7 – 13.9 ^a
Erythrocytes (×10⁶/mm³)	7.89 ± 0.395	8.60 ± 0.135	7.3 – 8.64 ^a	9.56 ± 0.249	9.66 ± 0.230	6.7 – 8.6^a
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	13.43 ± 0.685	14.87 ± 0.225	13.2 – 15.1 ^a	15.59 ± 0.417	15.91 ± 0.309	12.8 – 15.9 ^a
Hematocrit (%)	42.93 ± 2.166	43.37 ± 0.569	39.1 – 48.5 ^a	48.43 ± 1.206	45.60 ± 0.649	39.1 – 48.7 ^a
VCM (fl)	54.40 ± 0.727	49.87 ± 0.201^***	49.1 – 62.5 ^a	50.70 ± 0.439	47.21 ± 0.472^***	50 – 59 ^a
HCM (pg)	17.00 ± 0.089	17.08 ± 0.065	16.6 – 18.9 ^a	16.31 ± 0.112	16.5 ± 0.104	17.0 – 19.5 ^a
CHCM (g/dl)	31.28 ± 0.433	34.27 ± 0.071^***	29.9 – 34.9 ^a	32.17 ± 0.191	34.91 ± 0.265^***	30.5 – 35.3 ^a
Platelets (×10⁶/mm³)	1070 ± 74.760	1246 ± 59.830	757 – 1476 ^a	1198 ± 41.10	1141 ± 73.77	837 – 1455 ^a
Neutrophil (%)	48.40 ± 7.259	36.97 ± 2.070	5.4 – 37.5 ^a	45.84 ± 1.335	48.80 ± 3.384	17.1 – 47.9 ^a
Lymphocyte (%)	47.46 ± 5.432	57.73 ± 2.464	57.9 – 90.0 ^a	48.26 ± 1.716	46.09 ± 2.773	48.7 – 78.1 ^a
Monocyte (%)	2.857 ± 0.739	3.43 ± 0.814	0.6 – 7.9 ^a	3.47 ± 0.201	3.63 ± 0.432	1.0 – 6.5 ^a
Eosinophil (%)	1.60 ± 0.323	1.30 ± 0.206	0.2 – 4.5 ^a	0.16 ± 0.031	0.08 ± 0.016	0.3 – 4.0 ^a

FC (control female), FT (treated female), MC (control male), MT (treated male). N = 06. Data are expressed as mean ± S.D. ^* Indicate statistical difference between the control and treated group ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 and ^***p < 0.001 (test t). R1 (reference female); R2 (reference male); ^a Melo (2012).