Evaluation of Toxicity and Antimicrobial Activity of an Ethanolic Extract from Leaves of Morus alba L. (Moraceae)
Table 2
Hematological parameters of animals from control group and treated with ethanolic extract of Morus alba leaves for 14 days.
Parameter
Control
Extract
300 mg/kg b.w.
2000 mg/kg b.w.
Erythrocytes (106/mm3)
7.05 ± 0.39
7.84 ± 0.58
6.82 ± 0.51
Hematocrit (%)
39.95 ± 0.21
41.47 ± 2.41
36.50 ± 4.95
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
17.35 ± 1.20
15.62 ± 1.05
16.00 ± 1.41
MCV (fL)
64.00 ± 5.00
64.33 ± 5.03
50.00 ± 1.00
MCH (pg)
26.97 ± 1.91
24.80 ± 0.85
21.20 ± 4.53
MCHC (%)
38.20 ± 1.01
32.67 ± 0.85
32.20 ± 2.01
Leukocytes (103/mm3)
8.26 ± 0.43
9.57 ± 0.66Δ
6.81 ± 0.27
Segmented (%)
22.68 ± 1.16
43.90 ± 3.41
55.71 ± 3.12
Lymphocytes (%)
58.88 ± 1.70
42.39 ± 2.57
29.65 ± 0.92
Monocytes (%)
18.44 ± 3.55
13.71 ± 1.35
14.61 ± 0.64
Significantly different () from control treatment. Significantly different () from the other dose of M. alba leaf extract. MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.
