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Table 3. Results of haematological parameters.

Parameters	Control group	Diclofenac sodium 50 mg/kg	Silymarin 150 mg/kg	Aloe barbadensis 200 mg/kg	Aloe barbadensis 400 mg/kg	Aloe barbadensis 600 mg/kg
Platelet count (/m³)	43175 ± 6.06^ab	158863 ± 77287^d	432083 ± 7309^c	15863 ± 77287^b	397375 ± 17560^a	517792 ± 350^ab
RBC count (mill/m³)	6.58 ± 0.10^a	3.91 ± 0.99^c	5.18 ± 0.1^bc	5.44 ± 0.16^ab	5.67 ± 0.16^ab	6.95 ± 0.12^a
WBC count (/m³)	6854.18 ± 221.26^ab	5887.48 ± 254.17^b	6750.00 ± 119.80^ab	7195.8 ± 331^ab	5741.65 ± 378.14^b	8095.85 ± 799^a
PCV (%)	43.43 ± 0.73^a	28.6 ± 5.63^b	42.13 ± 0.5^a	41.55 ± 0.81^a	42.72 ± 1.07^a	45.86 ± 1.58^a
Hb (g/dL)	21.31 ± 0.34^b	19.4 ± 0.76^c	21.1 ± 0.27^b	21.0 ± 0.24^b	21.13± 0.41^b	23.02 ± 0.58^a
MCH (pg)	21.31 ± 0.34^b	19.4 ± 0.76^c	21.1 ± 0.27^b	21.0 ± 0.25^b	21.13 ± 0.4^b	23.00 ± 0.59^a
MCHC (%)	30.74 ± 0.12^a	28.9 ± 0.79^b	30.7 ± 0.07^a	31.57± 0.38^a	31.54± 0.51^a	32.11 ± 0.52^a
MCV (fL)	76.30 ± 0.39^a	65.2 ± 1.04^c	76.2 ± 1.2^ab	67.4 ± 0.62^c	71.19 ± 1.9^bc	81.48 ± 2.40^a

RBC: red blood cells; WBC: white blood cells; PCV: packed cell volume; HB: haemoglobin; MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCV: mean cell volume

^{a, b, c}

mean values within a row not bearing a common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05)