Ellagic Acid Suppresses the Oxidative Stress Induced by Dietary-Oxidized Tallow

Table 3

Effects of ellagic acid and oxidized tallow alone or in combination on the haematological parameters of rabbits.

Parameter

Control

OT + 50EA

OT + 100EA

OT + 150EA

100EA

OT

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

WBC (cells/μL) × 10^6

5.53^a

7.23^b

7.16^b

6.93^b

6.03^a

5.86^a

6.7b

7.83^c

6.76b

6.1^a

5.86^a

6.16^a

9.23^d

7.16^b

8.03^f

6.0^a

5.3^a

5.2^a

LYM (%)

43.0^a

35.0^b

32.0^c

30.9^c

31.1^c

30.8^c

44.9a

40.9^a

39.2a

39.1^a

39.0^a

39.0^a

30.8^a

27.7^d

33.3^c

78.5^e

79.0^e

77.5^e

RBC (cells/μL) × 10^6

5.12^a

5.40^a

5.09^a

4.9^b

5.34^a

4.91^b

3.90c

4.53^c

4.13c

5.13^a

4.36^b

4.79^b

5.01^b

4.97^b

5.69^a

5.27^a

5.94^a

5.39^a

HGB (g/dL)

11.4^a

12.0^a

12.0^a

11.5^a

11.9^a

12.4^a

9.96b

12.2^a

12.1a

11.3^a

9.9^b

8.73^b

10.7^a

10.7^a

10.7^a

11.2^a

12.4^a

12.2^a

HCT (%)

40.0^a

40.6^a

41.0^a

36.8^b

39.0^a

39.7^a

41.5a

41.5^a

40.7a

35.2^b

33.5^b

31.4^b

33.0^b

33.4^b

31.8^b

39.2^a

28.5^c

30.2^b

MCV (fL/cell)

65.5^a

68.4^a

68.9^a

68.1^a

68.8^a

67.3^a

66.6a

63.9^b

64.5a

61.0^b

64.3^a

61.8^b

59.5^b

60.0^b

60.4^b

63.3^b

64.0^b

63.4^b

MCH (pg/cell)

22.4^a

19.7^b

22.7^a

24.8^a

25.8^c

22.4^a

23.0a

23.8^a

21.6a

26.6^c

20.4^b

18.2^b

19.5^b

20.0^b

20.5^b

18.2^b

19.7^b

19.2^b

PLT (cells/μL) × 10^3

3.57^a

3.39^a

2.58^b

2.49^b

2.75^b

2.47^b

2.06c

2.84^b

3.07b

2.10^c

1.75^c

1.74^c

2.17^c

2.04^c

2.14^c

2.45^b

2.47^b

2.56^b

Data are the mean of replicate () readings and represented as the mean. Different superscript letters (a-e) in the same treatment week represent the significant difference at using Tukey’s test. EA is ellagic acid; OT is oxidized tallow; 50, 100, and 150 represent the respective dose amounts in mg per kg of rabbit body weight. WBC: white blood cells; LYM: lymphocytes; RBC: red blood cells; HGB: haemoglobin; HCT: haematocrit; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin; PLT: platelet count.