Research Article

Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Effects and Subacute Toxicity of the Aerial Parts of Psychotria ankasensis J.B.Hall (Rubiaceae) in Murine Models

Table 4

Results from the haematological parameters analyses of the control and treated groups.

ParameterControlPAE 100 mg/kgPAE 300 (mg/kg)PAE 1000 mg/kg

WBC (109/L)14.92 ± 0.2914.75 ± 1.6515.75 ± 1.1115.60 ± 0.29
LYM (%)46.85 ± 5.8466.79 ± 4.4357.43 ± 4.7956.69 ± 4.13
MON (%)8.72 ± 1.5810.96 ± 0.1017.80 ± 0.2719.82 ± 2.60
NEU (%)37.45 ± 5.0525.21 ± 8.3922.90 ± 4.9222.67 ± 2.70
EOS (%)6.44 ± 1.022.50 ± 1.641.73 ± 0.493.15 ± 0.4542
BASO (%)0.36 ± 0.090.05 ± 0.010.20 ± 0.050.28 ± 0.04
LYM# (109/L)2.05 ± 0.466.21 ± 3.402.98 ± 0.722.81 ± 0.43
MON# (109/L)0.55 ± 0.220.99 ± 0.501.12 ± 0.130.82 ± 0.12
NEU# (109/L)1.04 ± 0.101.65 ± 0.621.53 ± 0.291.08 ± 0.09
EOS# (109/L)0.18 ± 0.010.15 ± 0.040.10 ± 0.030.15 ± 0.02
BASO# (109/L)0.01 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.01
RBC (1012/L)7.89 ± 0.088.07 ± 0.218.83 ± 0.608.61 ± 0.23
HGB (g/dL)14.92 ± 0.2914.75 ± 1.6515.75 ± 1.1115.60 ± 0.29
HCT (%)37.76 ± 0.7836.80 ± 3.3040.68 ± 3.7039.75 ± 1.00
MCV (fL)47.94 ± 0.8245.65 ± 2.9545.88 ± 1.2646.23 ± 0.30
MCH (pg)18.86 ± 0.3618.20 ± 1.6017.78 ± 0.4518.1 ± 0.37
MCHC (g/dL)39.6 ± 0.2440.00 ± 1.0039.00 ± 1.0839.25 ± 0.75
RDW (%)12.04 ± 0.2513.05 ± 0.8514.05 ± 0.3213.20 ± 1.64
RDW_SD (fL)44.62 ± 1.3842.50 ± 1.1046.25 ± 1.9642.35 ± 2.61
RDW_CV (%)12.04 ± 0.2613.05 ± 0.8514.05 ± 0.3213.2 ± 1.64
PLT (109/L)1041.00 ± 60.971281.00 ± 574.501341.00 ± 142.50961.00 ± 86.27
MPV (fL)4.70 ± 0.19245.30 ± 0.204.65 ± 0.094.33 ± 0.16
PDW (fL)6.88 ± 0.248.05 ± 2.357.50 ± 0.396.25 ± 0.30
PCT (%)0.48 ± 0.030.69 ± 0.330.62 ± 0.070.41 ± 0.04

Results are presented as mean ± SEM, (n = 5). One-way analysis of variance of all the datasets revealed no statistical significance (). WBC: white blood cell count, LYM: lymphocytes, MON: monocytes, NEU: neutrophils, EOS: eosinophils, BASO: basophils, RBC: red blood cell count, HGB: haemoglobin, HCT: haematocrit, MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, PLT: platelets count, RDW: red blood cell distribution width, RDW_CV: red blood cell distribution width coefficient of variation, MPV: mean platelet volume, PDW: platelet distribution width, and PCT: plateletcrit.