| Treatment |
White blood cell and differential white blood cell count |
| WBC (x103/µL) |
Neutrophils (x103/µL) |
Lymphocytes (x103/µL) |
Eosinophils (x103/µL) |
Monocytes (x103/µL) |
Basophils (x103/µL) |
| Control Oral |
14.34 ±3.48 |
4.46 ±1.26 |
7.27 ±1.68 |
1.35 ±0.41 |
1.15 ±0.21 |
0.09 ±0.08 |
| Zanha AfricanaOral |
12.82 ±6.38 |
3.50 ±1.70 |
7.12 ±3.64 |
1.17 ±0.55 |
0.95 ±0.43 |
0.08 ±0.10 |
| Control IP |
6.87 ±0.71 |
2.18 ±0.25 |
3.51 ±0.33 |
0.59 ±0.14 |
0.54 ±0.13 |
0.04 ±0.04 |
| ZanhaafricanaIP |
9.08 ±0.94* |
2.44 ±0.32 |
5.08 ±0.46* |
0.84 ±0.13 |
0.71 ±0.15 |
0.04 ±0.05 |
|
| 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 5: The effects of oral and intraperitoneal administration of 1 g/kg body weight of aqueous leaf extracts of Zanha africana on white blood cell count (WBC) in mice. |
