Table 1.

Hematological parameters in female rats exposed to various doses of CuO/ZnO core/shell NPs

Hematological parameters	Control	5 (mg/L)	10 (mg/L)	20 (mg/L)	40 (mg/L)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
WBC	17.00 ± 0.685	23.94 ± 2.563**	16.56 ± 4.943	14.62 ± 3.790	17.16 ± 1.260
RBC	5.386 ± 0.326	6.618 ± 0.322**	5.926 ± 0.187**	5.534 ± 0.173	5.340 ± 0.117
Hb	10.40 ± 0.158	14.30 ± 0.764**	12.26 ± 0.630**	12.72 ± 0.725**	12.80 ± 0.620**
MCV	41.06 ± 19.94	54.68 ± 3.586	54.86 ± 1.884	53.26 ± 1.962	58.56 ± 1.962*
MCH	20.24 ± 0.623	22.46 ± 1.811	24.08 ± 4.387	21.40 ± 0.595	23.32 ± 0.985
MCHC	41.86 ± 0.397	41.30 ± 1.483	40.64 ± 1.923	40.32 ± 1.337	39.94 ± 1.590
HCT	25.16 ± 0.114	34.32 ± 1.819**	30.32 ± 1.501**	31.54 ± 2.164**	32.04 ± 1.532**

Data of each group presented as mean ± SD (n = 5) and *Refer P < 0.05 and **Refer P < 0.01 vs control