Evaluation of Antidiabetic Activity and Associated Toxicity of Artemisia afra Aqueous Extract in Wistar Rats

Table 7

Effect of aqueous extract of Artemisia  afra on some haematological parameters of diabetic rats (𝑛=6±SE).

	Control	Diabetic	Diabetic + Artemisia  afra (mg/kg body weight)
			50	100	200
White blood cells (×10^9/L)	7.76±0.95^a	13.15±1.04^b	8.62±0.67^a	8.71±0.99^a	8.79±0.90^a
Red blood cells (×10^12/L)	8.28±0.27^a	6.56±0.10^b	8.07±0.37^a	7.94±0.37^a	7.92±0.26^a
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	15.43±0.29^a	12.57±0.35^b	15.35±0.45^a	15.30±0.42^a	15.08±0.46^a
Packed cell volume (L/L)	0.48±0.02^a	0.24±0.02^b	0.47±0.02^a	0.46±0.03^a	0.46±0.02^a
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	62.43±1.09^a	53.55±1.24^b	60.18±1.22^a	59.90±1.53^a	59.85±1.54^a
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)	19.70±0.65^a	15.03±0.62^b	19.27±0.46^a	19.10±0.26^a	19.00±0.41^a
Mean corp. haemoglobin conc. (g/dL)	33.20±0.51^a	26.77±0.21^b	32.30±0.59^a	32.28±0.61^a	32.13±0.58^a
Platelets (×10^9/L)	924.00±11.36^a	639.75±12.84^b	765.75±14.10^c	746.33±15.77^c	746.00±13.16^c
Neutrophils (%)	13.20±0.28^a	4.53±0.22^b	8.10±0.41^c	7.85±0.35^c	7.85±0.31^c
Lymphocytes (%)	60.13±1.93^a	68.67±1.08^b	61.33±1.44^a	62.34±1.46^a	62.45±1.25^a
Eosinophils (%)	3.03±0.50^a	1.15±0.18^b	2.67±0.46^a	2.50±0.18^a	2.47±0.32^a

Values carrying different superscripts from the control for each parameter are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).