Research Article

Toxicological Safety Evaluation in Acute and 21-Day Studies of Ethanol Extract from Solanum lyratum Thunb

Table 2

Effect of the ESL, mg/kg i.g., on hematologic parameters in mice.

Haematologic parametersControl (0 mg/kg)180 mg/kg360 mg/kg720 mg/kg

WBC (10^9/L)7.67 ± 1.887.61 ± 0.938.28 ± 2.228.09 ± 0.90
RBC (10^12/L)7.95 ± 0.378.22 ± 0.277.82 ± 0.297.60 ± 0.22
PLT (10^9/L)858.8 ± 111.55884.60 ± 81.80885.5 ± 27.38842.45 ± 83.09
HB (g/dL)14.75 ± 0.4516.83 ± 0.9314.36 ± 0.3413.94 ± 0.57
HCT (%)49.37 ± 2.0249.79 ± 1.9045.07 ± 1.3047.50 ± 1.77
MCV (fL)62.17 ± 0.7461.18 ± 2.0060.22 ± 1.0461.73 ± 1.59
MCH (pg)19.05 ± 0.3019.32 ± 0.5018.88 ± 0.3919.30 ± 0.58
MCHC (g/dL)30.69 ± 0.3331.09 ± 0.2731.5 ± 0.5130.73 ± 0.32
Neutrophils (%)18.53 ± 1.5818.94 ± 3.1220.17 ± 2.0223.80 ± 3.69
Lymphocytes (%)74.83 ± 2.5175.07 ± 1.6373.85 ± 1.6169.00 ± 3.10

vs. control group. The values represent mean ± S.E.M. for 6 animals/group. One way ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s post hoc test.