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Table 2 Effects of orals treatment with varying doses of ethanol extract from Petroselinium crispum on haematological biochemical parameters in rats

From: Biochemical and haematological assessment of toxic effects of the leaf ethanol extract of Petroselinum crispum (Mill) Nyman ex A.W. Hill (Parsley) in rats

Treatment

Dose mg/kg

PCV (%)

Hb (g/dl)

RBC X106/μL

WBC X103/μL

MCV (fl)

N (%)

M (%)

L (%)

E (%)

Control

-

47.7 ± 4

15.5 ± 0.2

6.3 ± 0.1

15.2 ± 0.5

60.0 ± 0.4

18.6 ± 1

80.7 ± 1.0

0.3 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 1.0

PCE

10

47.8 ± 4

15.6 ± 0.2

6.2 ± 0.1

15.5 ± 0.5

60.6 ± 0.4

18.7 ± 1

80.7 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.8

PCE

100

48.3 ± 4

16.0 ± 0.2

6.1 ± 0.1

16.5 ± 0.5

60.1 ± 0.4

18.1 ± 1

80.6 ± 0.9

0.4 ± 0.13*

0.3 ± 0.8

PCE

1000

47.7 ± 4

16.0 ± 0.2

6.3 ± 0.1

17.5 ± 0.5

60.0 ± 0.4

18.0 ± 1

82.1 ± 1.0

0.5 ± 0.17*

0.3 ± 0.8

  1. *P < 0.05, compared to control, PCV = Packed cell Volume, Hb = Haemoglobin, RBC = Red blood cell, MCV = Mean corpuscular volume, WBC = White blood cell, N = Neutrophils, L = Lymphocyte, M = Monocyte, E = Eosinophils.