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. 2020 Mar 26;36(3):203–210. doi: 10.1007/s43188-019-00013-5

Table 3.

The values of leukon parameters (mean ± SEM) of rats in dermal toxicity study of M. malabathricum leaf ethanolic extract

Parameter G1 G2 G3 G4 G5
Acute toxicity study
WBC (× 109/L) 6.58 ± 0.24a 6.69 ± 0.44a 6.80 ± 0.30a 6.94 ± 0.51a 6.84 ± 0.45a
Neutrophils (× 109/L) 1.27 ± 0.09a 1.33 ± 0.07a 1.23 ± 0.10a 1.24 ± 0.12a 1.27 ± 0.16a
Lymphocytes (× 109/L) 4.60 ± 0.20a 4.63 ± 0.36a 4.88 ± 0.22a 4.93 ± 0.31a 5.02 ± 0.38a
Monocyctes (× 109/L) 0.49 ± 0.03a 0.46 ± 0.03a 0.44 ± 0.03a 0.42 ± 0.05a 0.47 ± 0.07a
Eosinophils (× 109/L) 0.19 ± 0.04a 0.15 ± 0.02a 0.17 ± 0.07a 0.14 ± 0.01a 0.15 ± 0.02a
Basophils (× 109/L) 0.08 ± 0.03a 0.08 ± 0.02a 0.08 ± 0.02a 0.06 ± 0.02a 0.07 ± 0.02a
Subacute toxicity study
WBC (× 109/L) 6.51 ± 0.55a 6.25 ± 0.17a 6.60 ± 0.37a 6.70 ± 0.92a 6.87 ± 0.33a
Neutrophils (× 109/L) 1.22 ± 0.08a 1.15 ± 0.08a 1.22 ± 0.07a 1.17 ± 0.09a 1.09 ± 0.07a
Lymphocytes (× 109/L) 4.47 ± 0.46a 4.40 ± 0.09a 4.53 ± 0.31a 4.70 ± 0.61a 4.95 ± 0.11a
Monocyctes (× 109/L) 0.50 ± 0.04a 0.44 ± 0.04a 0.42 ± 0.04a 0.43 ± 0.04a 0.43 ± 0.05a
Eosinophils (× 109/L) 0.14 ± 0.04a 0.20 ± 0.02a 0.12 ± 0.02a 0.14 ± 0.02a 0.15 ± 0.01a
Basophils (× 109/L) 0.10 ± 0.01a 0.10 ± 0.02a 0.10 ± 0.02a 0.07 ± 0.01a 0.07 ± 0.00a

Values in the same row with similar superscripts are not significantly different at p > 0.05

G1: M. malabathricum (2.5%), G2: M. malabathricum (5%), G3: M. malabathricum (10%), G4: negative control, G5: paraffin