Table 3.

Effect of test diet on hematological parameters of albino rats

Relative weight	Control	NS50	NS100	NAS50	NAS100
Days			Total white blood cells (days) (103/µl)
45	9850±934.43	9583.33±571.21	10700±1314.75	9550±1143.61	9750±1293.51
90	8866.67±906.10	8433.33±905.78	9040±919.02	9116.67±655.9	8880±1307.82
			Neutrophil (%)
45	11.67±1.26	15.5±2.17	13.86±1.99	17.5±1.67*	20±2.77*
90	11.67±1.87	18.17±2.20	15.4±1.96	19±2.71*	17.2±2.35
			Lymphocyte (%)
45	84.5±1.09	80.67±2.08	82.14±2.23	80.5±1.91	78±3.50
90	85±2.27	77.83±2.50	80.2±2.15	79.83±2.96	78.4±2.44
			Eosinophil (%)
45	2±0.26	2.33±0.21	2.29±0.29	1.83±0.31	1.67±0.33
90	2±0.25	2.33±0.21	2.4±0.24	2.66±0.21	2.6±0.24
			Monocyte (%)
45	1.83±0.17	1.5±0.22	1.71±0.29	1.83±0.31	2±0.26
90	1.33±0.21	1.66±0.21	1.8±0.2	1.83±0.30	1.8±0.2
			Hemoglobin (g/dl)
45	14.13±0.4	14.73±0.29	14.76±0.12	14.73±0.26	14.75±0.24
90	14.73±0.59	14±0.42	14.78±0.29	14.6±0.21	14.06±0.28
			Packed cell volume (%)
45	43.03±1.2	44.75±1.15	46.2±0.66*	43.98±1.03	44.18±0.83
90	44.92±1.52	45.25±1.08	47.82±0.83	44.88±0.58	46.02±1.72
			Red blood cells (days) (106/mm3)
45	7.85±0.28	8.01±0.27	8.44±0.18	7.91±0.23	8.11±0.21
90	8.08±0.35	7.97±0.22	8.52±0.16	8±0.16	8.62±0.40
			Mean corpuscular volume (fl)
45	54.95±0.80	55.93±0.65	54.84±0.46	55.67±0.63	54.57±0.63
90	55.65±0.57	56.76±0.83	56.14±0.63	56.15±0.65	53.5±0.57*
			Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg)
45	18.07±0.48	18.45±0.37	17.53±0.29	18.67±0.69	18.27±0.33
90	18.25±0.34	17.58±0.54	17.36±0.31	18.27±0.27	16.84±0.46*
			Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dl)
45	32.85±0.44	32.95±0.31	31.96±0.36	33.52±0.3	33.43±0.23
90	32.38±0.34	31.27±0.68	31.12±0.48	32.53±0.16	31.46±0.48
			Platelets (days) (103/µl)
45	1088±59.89	1072.17±64.5	1220.29±38.76	1344.5±43.74**	1244.33±115.02
90	1125.83±29.58	1127.17±218.32	1200.6±29.58	1312.67±41.78**	1561.4±44.57***

Data are presented as mean±SEM, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 compared to control group (paired t-test). SEM: Standard error of the mean