Research Article

Assessment of Toxicity and Beneficiary Effects of Garcinia pedunculata on the Hematological, Biochemical, and Histological Homeostasis in Rats

Table 3

Effects of G. pedunculata fruit extract on the hematological parameters of whole blood.

Hematological parametersControl G. pedunculata treatment group
250 mg/kg500 mg/kg1000 mg/kg

WBC (×/L)5.32 ± 0.705.67 ± 1.165.71 ± 0.735.76 ± 1.70
Neutrophils (%)34.55 ± 1.5634.65 ± 6.7736.87 ± 20.9234.07 ± 9.92
Lymphocytes (%)60.90 ± 5.6361.05 ± 4.7061.20 ± 21.1261.8 ± 12.14
Monocytes (%)1.27 ± 0.171.15 ± 0.121.15 ± 0.121.35 ± 0.31
Eosinophils (%)1.17 ± 0.531.22 ± 0.581.05 ± 0.490.90 ± 0.21
RBC (×/L)7.43 ± 0.697.83 ± 0.537.38 ± 0.907.48 ± 1.39
HGB (g/dL)14.00 ± 2.3215.10 ± 0.7614.00 ± 1.5714.07 ± 2.43
HCT (%)41.65 ± 3.0741.55 ± 1.9840.85 ± 3.5840.92 ± 0.83
MCV (fL)52.72 ± 1.5152.82 ± 2.5952.00 ± 1.8052.83 ± 0.89
MCH (pg)18.92 ± 0.3719.12 ± 0.3819.25 ± 0.4219.12 ± 0.45
MCHC (g/dL)36.3 ± 0.6336.92 ± 1.4736.92 ± 0.3836.20 ± 0.43
PLT (×/L)877 ± 51.26827 ± 53.67875.75 ± 52.88889.25 ± 69.19
RDW-SD (fL)32.92 ± 3.0332.60 ± 1.7331.4 ± 1.3432.37 ± 2.26
RDW-CV (%)20.32 ± 2.8820.65 ± 1.1120.31 ± 1.4220.52 ± 2.00
PDW (fL)10.42 ± 0.3210.07 ± 0.839.52 ± 0.359.90 ± 0.74
MPV (fL)9.30 ± 0.189.05 ± 0.448.77 ± 0.268.95 ± 0.36
P-LCR (%)19.62 ± 1.3817.92 ± 3.8315.37 ± 2.4216.57 ± 2.71
PCT (%)0.75 ± 0.120.74 ± 0.070.72 ± 0.180.76 ± 0.04

Results are expressed as the mean ± SD ().
Here, HGB: hemoglobin, HCT: hematocrit, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, PLT: platelets, RDW-SD: red cell distribution width-standard deviation, RDW-CV: red cell distribution width-coefficient of variation, PDW-CV: platelets distribution width, MPV: mean platelets volume, P-LCR: platelets larger cell ratio, and PCT: procalcitonin.