Research Article

Antifungal Activity and Acute and Repeated-Dose Toxicity Study of Geranyl Cinnamate Ester in Mice

Table 2

Effect of the geranyl cinnamate ester (GCE) repeated-dose treatment (1, 2, and 4 mg/kg, p.o.) on female and male mice haemograms.

VehicleGCE 1 mg/kgGCE 2 mg/kgGCE 4 mg/kg

Male
WBC (×10³/mm³)1.65 ± 0.372.16 ± 0.523.10 ± 0.382.94 ± 0.87
Hb (g/dL)12.83 ± 1.3411.78 ± 1.2313.73 ± 1.3412.88 ± 1.52
HCT (%)38.20 ± 5.6131.94 ± 4.6741.63 ± 5.5938.36 ± 4.86
MCV (μm3)48.50 ± 1.4447.20 ± 0.2047.20 ± 0.6247.20 ± 0.44
MCH (pg)16.15 ± 0.2717.88 ± 1.2116.23 ± 1.0215.86 ± 0.16
MCHC (g/dL)33.55 ± 1.0837.96 ± 2.7133.70 ± 1.7533.84 ± 0.49
RDW (%)16.75 ± 0.7316.26 ± 0.1716.73 ± 0.6416.32 ± 0.19
Platelets (×10³/mm³)373.80 ± 60.64358.50 ± 60.33475.50 ± 27.84112.70 ± 5.55/#/§§
Erythrocytes (×106/mm3)6.76 ± 0.895.85 ± 1.526.93 ± 0.937.15 ± 0.34
Reticulocytes (%)0.90 ± 0.081.20 ± 0.081.00 ± 0.080.80 ± 0.08#
Neutrophils6.00 ± 0.867.00 ± 0.867.00 ± 0.8610.00 ± 0.86
Lymphocytes93.00 ± 1.0391.00 ± 1.0391.00 ± 1.0388.00 ± 1.03
Monocytes1.00 ± 0.290.00 ± 0.291.00 ± 0.290.00 ± 0.29

Female
WBC (×10³/mm³)2.13 ± 0.141.00 ± 0.201.95 ± 0.372.27 ± 0.60
Hb (g/dL)13.60 ± 1.4014.84 ± 0.4915.26 ± 0.2912.84 ± 0.71
HCT (%)40.32 ± 5.0345.18 ± 1.3846.54 ± 1.0536.72 ± 2.68
MCV (μm3)48.00 ± 0.5747.20 ± 0.3747.60 ± 0.2447.20 ± 0.58
MCH (pg)16.56 ± 0.7015.44 ± 0.1615.66 ± 0.1016.58 ± 0.57
MCHC (g/dL)34.28 ± 1.2632.82 ± 0.2832.82 ± 0.1335.10 ± 0.86
RDW (%)17.74 ± 1.3716.04 ± 0.1516.50 ± 0.2116.12 ± 0.30
Platelets (×10³/mm³)164.60 ± 44.89137.60 ± 32.52316.00 ± 115.5253.00 ± 57.09
Erythrocytes (×106/mm3)6.71 ± 0.837.52 ± 0.237.75 ± 0.176.11 ± 0.44
Reticulocytes (%)1.10 ± 0.111.50 ± 0.111.10 ± 0.111.00 ± 0.11#
Neutrophils10.00 ± 0.4711.00 ± 0.4712.00 ± 0.4712.00 ± 0.47
Lymphocytes86.00 ± 0.5788.00 ± 0.5788.00 ± 0.5786.00 ± 0.57
Monocytes2.00 ± 0.483.00 ± 0.481.00 ± 0.483.00 ± 0.48

Data are expressed as mean + SEM. One-way ANOVA post hoc Bonferroni (n = 5 mice/group). different from vehicle-treated group; # different from GCE 1 mg/kg-treated group; § and §§ different from GCE 2 mg/kg-treated group. Hb: hemoglobin, RDW: red cell distribution width, HCT: haematocrit, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean cell hemoglobin, MCHC: mean cell corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, WBC: white blood cell counts, erythrocyte count, reticulocytes, E: eosinophils, M: monocytes, N: neutrophils, L: lymphocytes, and platelet counts.