Table 3.

Evaluations at 48 h in peripheral blood of mice. Averages of early and late apoptotic and necrotic cells per group.

Group	Dose (mg/kg)	N	$\stackrel{-}{x}$  ±  SD
			Early apoptotic	Late apoptotic	Necrotic
Control (water)	0	5	12.6 ± 1.7	1.2 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.4
Control (corn oil)	0	5	10.6 ± 2.1	1.0 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.5
AA	100	5	1.0 ± 0.7a	33.4 ± 2.5a	0.2 ± 0.4
α-TOH	20	5	6.8 ± 3.2	37.8 ± 4.1b	0.2 ± 0.4
V2O5	40	5	21.2 ± 5.6a,b	40.8 ± 5.4a,b	2.4 ± 1.3a,b,c,d
AA + V2O5	100 + 40	5	23.8 ± 2.4a	34.2 ± 1.9a	0.8 ± 0.5
α-TOH + V2O5	20 + 40	5	25.0 ± 3.5b	41.6 ± 4.6b	0.6 ± 0.5

  ^a p < 0.05 versus control (water); ^b p < 0.05 versus control (corn oil); ^c p < 0.05 versus AA + V₂O₅; ^d p < 0.05 versus α-TOH + V₂O₅. Nonviable cells include apoptotic and necrotic cells. 200 nucleated cells were evaluated in each mouse (5 mice per group).