Table 2.

Effects of KP extract on hematological parameters in rats treated orally for 90 days.

Parameter	Group (females)				Group (males)
	Control	Low-dose	Medium-dose	High-dose	Control	Low-dose	Medium-dose	High-dose
WBC (109/L)	54.5 ± 10.9	63.2 ± 12.4	42.1 ± 9.0	47.5 ± 8.6	96.5 ± 12.8	91.7 ± 17.4	97.8 ± 32.3	106.0 ± 24.1
RBC (1012/L)	724.4 ± 21.9	752.6 ± 30.1	708.0 ± 10.2	724.0 ± 21.6	788.6 ± 41.2	788.8 ± 32.4	791.8 ± 35.7	770.4 ± 11.5
HG (g/L)	14.3 ± 0.2	14.5 ± 0.6	14.0 ± 0.4	14.1 ± 0.2	14.7 ± 0.6	15.0 ± 0.5	14.7 ± 0.8	14.5 ± 0.2
HC (%)	39.3 ± 0.8	39.4 ± 1.1	37.9 ± 1.1	38.6 ± 0.9	40.4 ± 1.2	41.3 ± 1.2	40.3 ± 2.2	40.0 ± 0.5
PLT (1012/L)	82.8 ± 9.1	100.4 ± 12.5*	88.6 ± 10.3	83.3 ± 5.7	96.2 ± 3.4	93.3 ± 11.7	104.4 ± 13.7	96.7 ± 9.9
MCV (fL)	54.3 ± 1.3	52.3 ± 1.0	53.6 ± 1.6	53.4 ± 1.2	51.3 ± 1.5	52.4 ± 2.2	50.9 ± 2.3	52.0 ± 1.3
MCH (pg)	19.8 ± 0.6	19.2 ± 0.4	19.8 ± 0.6	19.5 ± 0.5	18.7 ± 0.5	19.0 ± 0.5	18.5 ± 0.8	18.8 ± 0.5
MCHC (g/dL)	36.5 ± 0.4	36.8 ± 0.6	37.0 ± 0.2	36.5 ± 0.5	36.5 ± 0.4	36.3 ± 0.6	36.4 ± 0.4	36.1 ± 0.4
Lymphocytes (%)	78.3 ± 8.5	82.4 ± 8.2	80.8 ± 6.0	85.3 ± 1.3	79.3 ± 4.0	81.9 ± 4.7	82.4 ± 2.0	83.5 ± 3.5
Neutrophils (%)	16.8 ± 8.1	12.9 ± 8.3	14.1 ± 4.9	10.0 ± 0.4	15.3 ± 3.4	12.8 ± 4.1	12.7 ± 1.3	12.1 ± 2.7
Other (%)	4.9 ± 1.1	4.7 ± 2.1	5.1 ± 1.3	4.7 ± 1.5	5.4 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 1.9	4.9 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 1.6

Results are shown as means ± standard deviation (n = 5).

Low dose: 25 mg/kg bw/day; medium dose: 125 mg/kg bw/day; high dose: 249 mg/kg bw/day.

Abbreviations: WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; HG, hemoglobin; HC, hematocrit; PLT, platelet count; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.

^*Statistically significant difference relative to the control (p <  0.05).