Table 1.
Effect of Bunium persicum Bioss essential oil on hematological parameters after 14 days' treatment.
| The black Caraway essential oil (mg/kg body weight) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 0 | 250 | 500 | 1000 |
| Total RBC (1012/L) | 8.5 ± 0.1 a | 8.9 ± 0.1ab | 8.0 ± 0.2 a | 7.6 ± 0.8ab |
| HGB (g/dL) | 14.9 ± 0.5a | 14.6 ± 0.4 a | 17.1 ± 0.5 a | 14.9 ± 2.0 a |
| MPV (%) | 7.8 ± 0.4 ab | 6.6 ± 0.2 ab | 6.4 ± 0.8 ab | 4.5 ± 0.3 ab |
| RDW (%) | 12.9 ± 0.6 a | 12.7 ± 1.6 a | 14.3 ± 0.9 a | 13.0 ± 2.5 a |
| MCV (fl) | 46.9 ± 1.7 ab | 57.4 ± 0.7 ab | 50.6 ± 2.1 ab | 55.5 ± 2.7 ab |
| MCH (pg) | 22.8 ± 3.1 a | 22.8 ± 3.2 a | 26.9 ± 7.0 a | 25.9 ± 6.4 a |
| MCHC (%) | 45.9 ± 1.7 a | 42.0 ± 1.6 a | 43.7 ± 2.1 a | 46.5 ± 8.4 a |
| WBC (109/L) | 8.1 ± 0.3 a | 8.2 ± 1.0 a | 9.5 ± 1.1 a | 9.4 ± 3.1 a |
| HCT (%) | 41.9 ± 1.1 a | 40.0 ± 2.0 a | 43.0 ± 1.2 a | 37.4 ± 3.5 a. |
| PLT(109/L) | 818.4 ± 61.2 a | 786.5 ± 72.6 a | 744.7 ± 100.8 a | 525.0 ± 213.9 a |
RBC, red blood cell count; WBC, white blood cell count; RDW, Red cell distribution width; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MPV, Mean platelet volume; HGB, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; fL, femtolitre; pg, pictogram.
*Each value represents the mean ± SD.
aNot significant; when compared with control P < 0.05).
In the same row, mean values with different superscript letters differ significantly (P<0.05).