Table 6.
Hematological parameters (Mean ± SEM) of adult female Wistar albino rats treated with a single dose (2000 mg/kg) of aqueous extracts from selected medicinal plants species after 14 days
| Parameters | Plant species | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | AH-SB | AC-SB | CM-L | WU-SB | ZL-RB | |
| RBC (106/µL) | 8.40 ± 0.12 | 8.54 ± 0.36 | 8.32 ± 0.24 | 8.64 ± 0.02 | 8.44 ± 0.18 | 9.06 ± 0.17 |
| HGB (g/dL) | 14.27 ± 0.45 | 14.80 ± 0.25 | 14.60 ± 0.40 | 15.13 ± 0.33 | 15.30 ± 0.29 | 14.55 ± 0.25 |
| HCT (%) | 53.10 ± 1.53 | 50.73 ± 1.24 | 50.53 ± 1.20 | 49.77 ± 0.90 | 50.93 ± 0.90 | 48.45 ± 0.95 |
| MCV (fL) | 63.20 ± 1.11 | 59.50 ± 1.22 | 60.80 ± 0.32 | 57.63 ± 0.90* | 60.37 ± 1.16 | 53.45 ± 0.05*** |
| MCH (pg) | 16.97 ± 0.32 | 17.40 ± 0.45 | 17.57 ± 0.12 | 17.50 ± 0.35 | 18.13 ± 0.33 | 16.05 ± 0.05 |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 26.90 ± 0.21 | 29.17 ± 0.30*** | 28.90 ± 0.15** | 30.40 ± 0.21*** | 30.03 ± 0.09*** | 30.05 ± 0.05*** |
| PLT (103/µL) | 568.33 ± 35.20 | 787.33 ± 29.00 | 887.00 ± 53.50 | 523.00 ± 220.37 | 565.67 ± 228.46 | 858.00 ± 88.00 |
| WBC (103/µL) | 4.59 ± 1.53 | 6.30 ± 0.89 | 6.36 ± 1.71 | 5.16 ± 1.12 | 3.16 ± 1.09 | 5.26 ± 2.46 |
| LYMPH (%) | 67.43 ± 1.82 | 70.20 ± 3.19 | 67.13 ± 6.75 | 83.50 ± 3.31 | 82.70 ± 1.97 | 56.75 ± 4.25 |
| MONO (%) | 3.40 ± 1.16 | 0.73 ± 0.15 | 0.63 ± 0.03 | 0.40 ± 0.15 | 0.23 ± 0.12 | 3.90 ± 2.10 |
| NEUT (%) | 24.03 ± 1.67 | 23.90 ± 2.65 | 27.33 ± 7.27 | 14.83 ± 3.48 | 15.60 ± 1.47 | 24.40 ± 6.00 |
RBC red blood cells, HGB hemoglobin, HCT hematocrit, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, PLT platelet, WBC white blood cells, LYMPH lymphocyte count, MONO monocytes, NEUT neutrophils. Values are presented as mean ± SEM of triplicates (n = 3). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 indicate significant changes in comparison with the control