Research Article
Therapeutic Effect of Saponin Rich Fraction of Achyranthes aspera Linn. on Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Table 3
Effect of saponin rich (SR) fraction of Achyranthes aspera on total and differential leucocyte count of arthritic rats.
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Treatment |
Dose (mg/kg) | Haematological parameters ± SEM | Total count (×103/cmm) | Neutrophils (%) | Eosinophils (%) | Lymphocytes (%) | Monocytes (%) | Platelets (×105/L) |
| Control | — | 9.03 ± 0.625 | 22.17 ± 2.136 | 2.33 ± 0.333 | 75.00 ± 1.983 | 0.50 ± 0.224 | 8.98 ± 0.499 |
| FCA control | — | 10.65 ± 0.650 | 26.83 ± 2.522 | 3.17 ± 0.601 | 69.67 ± 2.578 | 0.33 ± 0.211 | 7.92 ± 0.317 |
| Indomethacin | 1 | 7.92 ± 0.529 | 21.00 ± 1.155 | 2.67 ± 0.333 | 75.67 ± 1.116 | 0.67 ± 0.211 | 8.27 ± 0.438 |
| SR fraction | 50 | 9.38 ± 0.476 | 23.83 ± 1.641 | 3.00 ± 0.365 | 72.83 ± 1.621 | 0.33 ± 0.211 | 9.10 ± 0.593 | 100 | 8.92 ± 0.456 | 21.83 ± 2.023 | 2.83 ± 0.601 | 74.83 ± 2.442 | 0.50 ± 0.342 | 8.98 ± 0.464 |
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Values are presented as mean ± SEM, . compared with the FCA control group.
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