The Risk Assessment of Pesticide Ingestion with Fruit and Vegetables for Consumer’s Health
Table 4
Number of erythrocytes (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and hemoglobin concentration in Swiss albino mice after 28 days of treatment with imazalil expressed as mean standard deviation (SD), median, minimum, and maximum.
deviation (SD)
Median
Minimum
Maximum
deviation (SD) ()
Group
RBC
Control
Males (M)
8.04
7.40
8.28
Females (F)
8.12
5.44
10.12
Imazalil
Males (M)
8.40
7.80
9.80
Females (F)
8.90
7.84
10.24
Group
Hemoglobin concentration
Control
Males (M)
108.40
100.40
116.00
Females (F)
126.60
110.80
150.40
Imazalil
Males (M)
124.40
100.40
142.80
Females (F)
135.20
113.60
150.40
Group
WBC
Control
Males (M)
3.20
2.94
3.79
Females (F)
4.52
0.92
6.00
Imazalil
Males (M)
a
3.60
2.22
4.88
a
Females (F)
a
4.84
2.91
6.00
8 Swiss albino mice per group (4 males and 4 females). aMeans with superscript (letter) are significantly different from control ().