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Table 5.

Concentration of morphological parameters in rats (mean and standard deviation)

Group	HB (g/l)	HCT (l/l)	RBC (× 10¹²/l)	MCV (fl)
	2 days
C	152.00 ± 3.61	0.47 ± 0.03	8.00 ± 0.24	61.88 ± 1.41^b
D	146.25 ± 3.30	0.47 ± 0.02	7.80 ± 0.53	59.23 ± 1.12^a
FE	141.75 ± 4.57	0.46 ± 0.01	7.73 ± 0.31	60.22 ± 1.56^ab
FOL	147.50 ± 7.78	0.48 ± 0.03	8.05 ± 0.23	58.75 ± 1.38^a
FEFOL	148.50 ± 4.51	0.48 ± 0.01	8.04 ± 0.36	59.48 ± 1.74^a
	10 days
C	151.00 ± 3.46	0.46 ± 0.02	7.97 ± 0.27	61.92 ± 1.42^b
D	146.25 ± 3.30	0.47 ± 0.01	7.80 ± 0.53	59.23 ± 1.12^a
FE	150.50 ± 5.20	0.47 ± 0.02	8.07 ± 0.21	58.79 ± 0.93^a
FOL	148.50 ± 2.12	0.47 ± 0.01	7.91 ± 0.22	58.22 ± 1.30^a
FEFOL	147.00 ± 4.24	0.46 ± 0.02	7.75 ± 0.25	59.06 ± 1.96^a
	21 days
C	147.33 ± 3.7^b	0.48 ± 0.01^b	7.98 ± 0.28	60.41 ± 1.69^b
D	131.00 ± 6.68^a	0.43 ± 0.01^a	8.00 ± 0.43	56.58 ± 4.31^a
FE	143.50 ± 5.00^ab	0.44 ± 0.02^ab	7.90 ± 0.16	57.19 ± 1.39^ab
FOL	138.00 ± 9.90^ab	0.43 ± 0.03^a	7.73 ± 0.21	56.35 ± 2.28^a
FEFOL	150.75 ± 4.57^b	0.47 ± 0.02^ab	8.04 ± 0.35	57.46 ± 2.11^ab

HB hemoglobin, HCT hematocrit, RBC red blood cells, MCV mean corpuscular volume

^a,b,cSignificant differences between groups; ANOVA and Tukey’s test