| Treatment |
Hematological parameters |
| RBC (x106/ µL) |
Hb (g/dL) |
PCV () |
MCV (fL) |
MCH (pg) |
MCHC (g/dL) |
PLT (x103/µL) |
| Control Oral |
7.61 ±0.74 |
9.58 ±0.73 |
32.74 ±2.49 |
43.12 ±2.84 |
12.64 ±0.96 |
29.30 ±0.54 |
607.40 ±116.07 |
| ZanhaafricanaOral |
6.69 ±1.19 |
10.08 ±1.05 |
30.96 ±5.48 |
46.26 ±2.41 |
14.40 ±1.06* |
31.16 ±3.21 |
436.32 ±57.54* |
| Control IP |
6.38 ±0.67 |
8.98 ±0.80 |
28.66 ±2.64 |
45.02 ±1.44 |
14.10 ±0.51 |
31.36 ±0.66 |
352.80 ±73.32 |
| ZanhaafricanaIP |
6.20 ±0.66 |
8.80 ±1.10 |
28.14 ±3.25 |
45.36 ±1.93 |
14.20 ±0.72 |
31.26 ±0.61 |
439.00 ±96.11 |
|
| Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) for five animals in each treatment; *p<0.05 is considered significant when the mean of the control animals issignificantly different from that of the extract treated animals by t-test. |
| Table 4: The effects of oral and intraperitoneal administration of 1 g/kg body weight of aqueous leaf extracts of Zanha africana on hematological parameters in mice. |
