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

Table 6

The influence of CPH pectin administration on platelet indices for male rats.

Platelet indices	Day	Control	Low dose; 0.714 mg/kg	Medium dose; 7.14 mg/kg	High dose; 71.4 mg/kg
PLT; (x10^3/ul)	30	1019.83±42.53	1033.50±38.47	1013.17±47.30	1046.83±48.54
	60	837.33±23.61	884.83±63.93	924.67±43.98	969.50±41.36
	90	881.83±49.09	923.67±63.82	972.83±54.03	1015.50±45.94
PDW (fl)	30	8.65±0.26	8.83±0.24	8.88±0.11	9.00±0.27
	60	9.12±0.14	9.62±0.36	9.57±0.11	9.47±0.35
	90	9.05±0.27	9.20±0.29	9.25±0.13	9.00±0.25
MPV (fl)	30	7.33±0.13	7.40±0.15	7.40±0.06	7.47±0.16
	60	7.47±0.14	7.68±0.17	7.77±0.10	7.73±0.21
	90	7.40±0.13	7.45±0.12	7.60±0.06	7.55±0.14
P-LCR (%)	30	6.62±1.32	7.78±0.86	7.57±0.30	8.42±0.89
	60	9.10±0.62	10.35±1.03	9.90±0.43	10.02±1.30
	90	8.18±0.74	8.37±0.74	9.28±0.39	8.63±0.94