Table 2.
Effect of different concentrations of PUM on hematological parameters
| Treatment groups | WBC (103/mm3) | RBC (106/mm3) | HGB (g/dl) | MCV fL | PLT (105/mm3) | LYM (103/mm3) | Neutrophil (103/mm3) |
MCHC (g/dl) | HCT (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 6.90 ± 0.49c | 5.93 ± 0.56a | 12.76 ± 0.36b | 77.71 ± 1.14b | 260.30 ± 0.61c | 3.33 ± 0.60b | 34.50 ± 0.65a | 4.17 ± 0.68b | 40 ± 0.81c |
| PUM (1500 mg/kg bw) | 12.70 ± 0.16a | 6.27 ± 0.12a | 13.20 ± 0.53 ab | 35.67 ± 0.20c | 291.30 ± 0.88b | 9.77 ± 0.38a | 38.17 ± 3.40a | 11.17 ± 0.36a | 58.13 ± 0.83a |
| PUM (3000 mg/kg bw) | 11.26 ± 0.50b | 6.53 ± 0.29a | 14.10 ± 0.21a | 85.40 ± 0.94a | 321.31 ± 0.88a | 8.33 ± 0.60a | 37.17 ± 0.61a | 9.80 ± 0.63a | 49.16 ± 0.62b |
Mean ± SD (n = 5 female rats); Means not sharing common superscript (a-c) indicate significance difference at P > 0.05. PUM; methanol extract of Pilea umbrosa, MCV Mean corpuscular volume, MCHC Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, MCV Mean corpuscular volume, TLC Total leukocyte count, PLT Platelet count, HGB Hemoglobin, WBC White blood cells, RBC Red blood cells, LYM Lymphocytes, HCT Hematocrit