Macro- and Microelemental Composition and Toxicity of Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 6

Changes in haematological indices in male SD rats receiving 2000 mg/kg b.w.t. of UNCP.

Parameter	Ctrl	UNCP	value
WBC	8.605 ± 4.225	7.454 ± 1.263	0.3618
Neut. number	2.020 ± 0.4400	1.858 ± 0.3836	0.4109
Lymph number	5.985 ± 3.435	4.864 ± 1.111	0.3422
Mono. number	0.3700 ± 0.220	0.3740 ± 0.1225	0.4936
Eosin. number	0.2250 ± 0.125	0.3520 ± 0.07439	0.2045
Baso. number	0.0050 ± 0.005	0.0060 ± 0.002449	0.4228
Neut.%	27.65 ± 8.450	25.38 ± 4.450	0.4021
Lymph.%	65.80 ± 7.600	63.90 ± 6.119	0.4348
Mono.%	4.000 ± 0.6000	5.700 ± 1.642	0.2828
Eosin.%	2.500 ± 0.2000	4.940 ± 0.9553	0.0941
RBC	7.360 ± 1.060	7.156 ± 0.5533	0.4290
HGB	12.20 ± 1.500	12.38 ± 1.048	0.4646
HCT	36.05 ± 4.050	37.82 ± 3.269	0.3877
MCV	49.20 ± 1.600	52.76 ± 0.9405	0.0515
MCH	16.65 ± 0.3500	17.28 ± 0.2354	0.1037
MCHC	33.80 ± 0.4000	32.76 ± 0.3696	0.0862
RDW-CV	17.05 ± 3.150	15.74 ± 1.105	0.3106
RDW-SD	27.00 ± 2.000	27.70 ± 1.064	0.3746
PLT	696.5 ± 324.5	498.4 ± 166.3	0.2855