| 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 |
| Acacia niloticaOral |
8.45 ± 1.32 |
10.24 ± 1.57 |
36.00 ± 5.68 |
42.60 ± 2.08 |
12.42 ± 0.93 |
29.12 ± 1.06 |
422.68 ± 69.92* |
| 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 |
| Acacia niloticaIP |
5.32 ± 1.27 |
7.50 ± 1.88 |
24.98 ± 4.97 |
47.52 ± 3.44 |
14.06 ± 0.48 |
29.74 ± 2.62 |
341.00 ± 39.64 |
|
| 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 is significantly 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 stem bark extracts of Acacia nilotica in mice for one month on some hematological parameters. |
