Treatment Absolute differential white blood cell count   WBC (×109/l) Neutrophils (×109/l) Lymphocytes (×109/l) Eosinophils (×109/l) Monocytes (×109/L) Control (Oral) 6.80 ± 1.26 4.26 ± 0.56 1.87 ± 0.57 0.38 ± 0.08 0.29 ± 0.07 C. pareira 7.39 ± 1.56 4.42 ± 1.06 1.99 ± 0.41 0.56 ± 0.09 0.41 ± 0.04 Control (IP) 8.04 ± 1.08 4.70 ± 0.52 2.37 ± 0.35 0.57 ± 0.20 0.40 ± 0.07 C. pareira 10.62 ± 1.95 6.51 ± 1.27 2.74 ± 0.53 0.78 ± 0.13 0.59 ± 0.08

Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) for four animals in each treatment; *p<0.05 is considered significant when the mean of the control animals is significantly different from that of the extract treated animals by t-test.

Table 6: Effects of intraperitoneal and oral administration of aqueous leaf extracts of C. pareira at 1 g/kg body weight daily in rats for 28 days on white blood cells (WBC) and the absolute differential white blood cell count