Effect of Quercetin on Haematobiochemical and Histological Changes in the Liver of Polychlorined Biphenyls-Induced Adult Male Wistar Rats

Table 2

Effect of quercetin on haematological parameters of PCBs-exposed adult rats.

S. No.	Parameters/abb	Units	Control	Quercetin	PCB	PCB+Quercetin
1	Haemoglobin (Hb)	gm/dl	13.5±1.003	14.2±0.521	10.5±1.306^ab	12.1±0.890^c
2	Haematocrit (PCV)	%	44±4.394	45±2.764	33±4.389^ab	39±3.639^c
3	Total RBC (RBC)	milli/ccmm	6.87±1.140	6.60±1.032	4.93±0.974	5.74±0.829^a
4	Total WBC (TC)	cells/ccmm	12970±2307.139	11472±2640.119	9245±1052.69^a	8567±570.185
5	Differential count (DC)
	Polymorphs	%	38±8.285	46±7.952	53±8.697	49±1.600
	Neutrophils	%	57±7.847	51±7.948	40±9.552^a	50±2.358^c
	Eosinophils	%	4±1.064	2±0.557^a	6±2.290^b	2±0.307^ac
6	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
	1/2 Hour	mm	1.33±0.714	1.33±0.421	6.58±1.200^ab	1.83±0.600^c
	1 Hour	mm	5.0±1.612	4.33±1.021	15.16±2.372^ab	5.16±0.872^c
7	Platelets (Plt)	lakhs/ccmm	4.93±0.961	4.44±0.983	2.16±0.586^ab	4.30±0.700^c
8	Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)	fl	72.1±7.180	70.6±7.374	61.3±3.955	70.0±5.674
9	MCH	pg	22.8±2.937	23.1±3.673	21.3±2.666	23.6±2.666
10	MCHC	%	32.0±1.125	32.6±1.977	33.1±2.257	31.8±1.351

Each value represents mean ± SEM of 6 animals. Statistical significance at 𝑃<0.05.
^aControl versus others; ^bquercetin versus PCB, PCB+quer; ^cPCB versus PCB+quer.