Cocoa Pod Husk Pectin Intended as a Pharmaceutical Excipient Has No Adverse Effects on Haematological Parameters in Sprague Dawley Rats

Table 1

Results showing the effect of CPH pectin on body weight change in SDRs.

Week	Control	0.714 mg/kg	7.14 mg/kg	71.4 mg/kg
	Male
0	161.00±4.62	163.00±4.70	161.67±3.39	171.30±4.13
4	209.50±6.46	230.83±6.17	229.33±4.05	227.50±4.80
8	234.17±4.48	260.00±7.90	256.87±8.65	249.50±5.50
13	267.67±16.87	272.50±12.26	266.17±12.36	270.30± 10.00
	Female
0	133.00±1.24	162.67±0.88	153.17±0.98	117.83±0.79
4	173.70±5.29	179.17±1.49	173.83±2.17	161.50±2.88
8	186.83±6.93	184.50±3.37	182.00±0.45	180.67±4.24
13	200.50±7.84	190.83±1.49	185.50±2.26	189.00±4.40