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

Table 3

Results showing the effect of CPH pectin on red blood cell indices for female rats.

Red blood cell indices	Day	Control	Low dose; 0.714 mg/kg	Medium dose; 7.14 mg/kg	High dose; 71.4 mg/kg
RBC (x 10^6/ul)	30	8.13±0.10	8.36±0.18	7.72±0.19	8.25±0.11
	60	7.77±0.06	8.15±0.15	7.96±0.14	7.88±0.14
	90	8.08±0.10	8.14±0.21	8.14±0.17	8.26±0.12
HGB (g/dl)	30	15.40±0.12	14.57±0.23	14.20±0.26	14.98±0.08
	60	14.95±0.13	14.87±0.27	14.27±0.29	14.62±0.15
	90	15.18±0.19	14.72±0.28	14.82±0.23	15.18±0.19
HCT (%)	30	43.80±0.47	42.88±0.40	41.42±0.86	43.48±0.40
	60	42.75±0.39	43.95±0.69	41.97±0.60	42.83±0.54
	90	44.30±0.94	43.87±0.87	44.22±0.68	44.97±0.65
MCV (fl)	30	53.85±0.61	52.35±0.35	53.70±0.54	52.73±0.39
	60	54.97±0.26	53.93±0.36	54.23±0.44	54.37±0.50
	90	54.72±0.61	53.97±0.68	54.32±0.40	54.42±0.38
MCH (g/dl)	30	18.95±0.14	17.78±0.15	18.38±0.18	18.15±0.17
	60	19.23±0.10	18.23±0.21	17.96±0.50	18.58±0.21
	90	18.82±0.12	18.10±0.26	18.20±0.16	18.38±0.13
MCHC (g/dl)	30	34.97±0.30	34.48±0.26	34.67±0.18	34.80±0.18
	60	34.55±0.12	34.00±0.14	34.32±0.20	34.12±0.16
	90	34.37±0.20	33.63±0.09	33.82±0.22	33.83±0.07
RDW-SD (fl)	30	26.00±0.18	26.22±0.23	25.98±0.21	25.98±0.13
	60	26.68±0.16	26.72±0.22	26.62±0.23	26.62±0.23
	90	26.58±0.20	26.58±0.12	26.75±0.59	26.16±0.10
RDW-CV (%)	30	11.53±0.25	11.37±0.24	11.50±0.79	10.95±0.15
	60	11.50±0.26	11.70±0.25	12.25±0.92	11.37±0.21
	90	11.35±0.31	11.67±0.09	11.93±0.89	11.17±0.44