Toxicologic Assessment of a Commercial Decolorized Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice, Lily of the Desert Filtered Whole Leaf Juice with Aloesorb
Table 3
Hematology of whole blood from B6C3F1 mice administered aloe juice by gavage.
Parameters—3 days post exposure
Control male
Aloe male
Control female
Aloe female
RBC (106/uL)
8.6 ± 0.21
8.8 ± 0.18
8.7 ± 0.26
8.8 ± 0.25
Hb (g/dL)
13.1 ± 0.33
13.4 ± 0.28
13.3 ± 0.33
13.4 ± 0.31
HCT (%)
43.5 ± 1.29
44.1 ± 1.16
43.2 ± 1.34
42.9 ± 1.21
RDW (%)
12.7 ± 0.45
12.7 ± 0.30
12.3 ± 0.46
11.9 ± 0.36
MCV (fL)
50.4 ± 0.48
50.2 ± 0.86
49.6 ± 0.30
48.7 ± 0.44*
MCH (fL)
15.2 ± 0.04
15.3 ± 0.18
15.4 ± 0.18
15.2 ± 0.16
MCHC (g/dL)
30.1 ± 0.23
30.4 ± 0.32
31.0 ± 0.43
31.2 ± 0.27*
Platelets (103/uL)
1100.0 ± 102.10
1116.8 ± 129.31
952.2 ± 128.94
1041.7 ± 128.75
WBC’s (103/uL)
2.2 ± 1.02
3.3 ± 2.86
2.1 ± 0.92
2.3 ± 0.58
Parameters—14 days post exposure
RBC (106/uL)
8.7 ± 0.32
8.7 ± 0.27
8.4 ± 0.28
8.7 ± 0.35
Hb (g/dL)
13.2 ± 0.39
13.1 ± 0.41
13.1 ± 0.64
13.6 ± 0.42
HCT (%)
44.7 ± 2.03
43.8 ± 1.21
42.7 ± 0.87
43.3 ± 1.48
RDW (%)
13.0 ± 0.43
13.2 ± 0.64
14.0 ± 3.53
12.2 ± 0.71
MCV (fL)
51.0 ± 0.75
50.2 ± 0.45*
51.7 ± 3.54
49.6 ± 0.28
MCH (fL)
15.1 ± 0.18
15.0 ± 0.08
15.8 ± 0.19
15.6 ± 0.14
MCHC (g/dL)
29.5 ± 0.50
29.8 ± 0.36
30.6 ± 1.6
31.5 ± 0.14
Platelets (103/uL)
1068.8 ± 129.2
1100.0 ± 104.5
955.2 ± 310.53
1023.5 ± 16.2
WBC’s (103/uL)
4.2 ± 1.5
3.8 ± 1.1
3.1 ± 2.3
2.4 ± 0.42
Values expressed as mean ± s.d. . RBC: red blood cell count; Hb: hemoglobin; HCT: hematocrit; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; WBC: total white blood cell count; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBC’s: white blood cell count.
