Tab.2.
Hematology of rats fed purified or hydrogen-enriched water 6 weeks after carbon nanoparticle instillation
| Treatment
(mg/kg) |
Normal | CNP | +PW (10) | +PW (30) | +HW (10) | +HW (30) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC (10 3/μL) | 5.56±1.52 | 3.95±0.32* | 4.42±0.38 | 5.13±0.62 | 4.43±0.52 | 4.02±0.63 |
| Neutrophils (%) | 11.10±2.72 | 15.40±2.01 | 19.15±1.46 | 14.58±1.14 | 16.40±3.10 | 18.34±2.59 |
| Basophils (%) | 0.11±0.06 | 0.07±0.03 | 0.20±0.07 | 0.13±0.03 | 0.20±0.07 | 0.08±0.04 |
| Eosinophils (%) | 0.96±0.64 | 4.17±1.97* | 3.75±1.18 | 2.30±0.32 | 1.85±0.21 # | 2.04±0.60 # |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 83.49±3.24 | 79.30±2.25 | 75.95±2.58 | 81.93±1.09 | 80.63±3.21 | 78.66±3.16 |
| Monocytes (%) | 1.71±0.61 | 1.07±0.15* | 0.95±0.18 | 1.08±0.24 | 0.93±0.10 | 0.88±0.11 |
| Platelets (10 3/μL) | 1,384.6±137.4 | 735.3±40.5* | 776.0±83.3 | 973.8±25.6 | 789.5±40.0 | 834.8±60.1 |
| RBC (10 6/μL) | 7.90±0.25 | 8.37±0.36 | 8.39±0.24 | 8.40±0.18 | 8.19±0.15 | 8.22±0.47 |
CNP: carbon nanoparticles, PW: purified water, HW: hydrogen-enriched water. *Significantly different from Normal (P<0.05). #Significantly different from CNP alone (P<0.05).