Effect of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Ocimum basilicum L. on Benzene-Induced Hematotoxicity in Mice
Table 5
Variation of differential blood parameters among BE (benzene-exposed) mice and treated with PE (plant extract) group. Data are expressed as meanβΒ±βSEM.
Group
Differential leukocyte count
Differential of RBC
Platelet count
β
Neutrophil (%)
Monocyte (%)
Lymphocyte (%)
Hct (%)
MCV (m3)
MCH (pg)
MCHC (g/dL)
(Γβ109/L)
Control
22.03βΒ±β1.98
1.92βΒ±β0.06
68.34βΒ±β5.12
38.09βΒ±β2.11
52.78βΒ±β3.46
16.22βΒ±β0.12
26.44βΒ±β0.35
750βΒ±β38.21
BE
21.68βΒ±β1.32
1.88βΒ±β0.05
48.49βΒ±β3.51
10.23βΒ±β0.96
47.55βΒ±β2.98
14.11βΒ±β0.14
24.33βΒ±β0.38
798βΒ±β40.08
Treated with PE
21.92βΒ±β1.41
1.90βΒ±β0.06
62.12βΒ±β4.98*
24.35βΒ±β1.67*
48.34βΒ±β2.76
14.56βΒ±β0.13
24.49βΒ±β0.36
776βΒ±β39.97
*Significant increase (Pβ<β0.05) in parameters.