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Table 2.

Effect of RK on blood levels of RBCs, hemoglobin and HCT in anemia-induced rats.

Days	Group-I (Normal Control)	Group-II (Anemic Control)	Group-III (RK Treated)	Group-IV (Livogen-XT Treated)
RBCs count (10⁶/μl)
0	8.18 ± 0.26	8.86 ± 0.17	8.21 ± 0.19	8.93 ± 0.38
3	8.35 ± 0.50	2.80 ± 0.17^a∗∗∗	3.87 ± 0.16	3.15 ± 0.16
7	7.30 ± 0.32	3.48 ± 0.29^a∗∗∗	5.23 ± 0.27^b∗∗	5.54 ± 0.32^b∗∗∗
10	7.33 ± 0.43	4.10 ± 0.38^a∗∗∗	5.85 ± 0.23^b∗∗	6.35 ± 0.34^b∗∗∗
15	7.65 ± 0.24	5.85 ± 0.18^a∗∗∗	7.03 ± 0.27^b∗∗	7.26 ± 0.19^b∗∗∗
Hemoglobin content (g/dl)
0	13.13 ± 0.31	14.50 ± 0.22	14.70 ± 0.29	15.05 ± 0.36
3	13.50 ± 0.95	9.01 ± 0.48^a∗∗	10.25 ± 0.48	9.92 ± 0.37
7	12.59 ± 0.26	9.22 ± 0.33^a∗∗∗	11.15 ± 0.44^b∗∗	11.56 ± 0.37^b∗∗
10	12.63 ± 0.23	10.35 ± 0.27^a∗∗∗	11.60 ± 0.17^b∗∗	12.25 ± 0.20^b∗∗∗
15	13.03 ± 0.26	11.95 ± 0.21^a∗∗	13.67 ± 0.40^b∗∗	14.25 ± 0.28^b∗∗∗
HCT count (%)
0	42.28 ± 2.43	45.33 ± 0.55	47.97 ± 1.17	46.70 ± 1.14
3	42.28 ± 2.39	25.15 ± 1.10^a∗∗∗	22.47 ± 1.78	24.72 ± 1.00
7	41.16 ± 1.01	27.64 ± 1.33^a∗∗∗	40.22 ± 1.52^b∗∗∗	40.73 ± 1.33^b∗∗∗
10	39.47 ± 2.00	30.17 ± 1.05^a∗∗	37.47 ± 1.09^b∗∗∗	41.75 ± 0.81^b∗∗∗
15	40.98 ± 1.18	35.35 ± 1.15^a∗∗	43.28 ± 1.16^b∗∗∗	46.12 ± 0.79^b∗∗∗

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 6, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001. ^avs. normal control, ^bvs. anemic control. SEM=Standard error of mean. RBCs-Reb blood cells, HCT-Hematocrit.