Table 3. Hematological parameters of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats orally administered TMlp for 5 weeks
Parameters | Control | TMlp |
W/o eps 10% | W/ eps 5% | W/ eps 10% | W/ eps 15% |
WBC (K/μL) | 6.99±3.12 | 6.75±2.05 | 8.38±1.60 | 6.90±1.54 | 8.47±2.07 |
Neutrophils (%) | 11.32±4.91 | 6.48±1.53 | 7.22±1.59 | 14.85±3.21# | 8.20±1.83 |
Lymphocyte (%) | 83.30±5.05 | 89.34±1.66 | 89.20±2.74 | 79.33±2.07# | 87.35±2.27 |
Monocytes (%) | 4.36±0.97 | 3.00±1.82 | 2.72±1.08 | 4.00±0.80 | 3.17±1.01 |
Eosinophils (%) | 0.76±0.27 | 0.94±0.35 | 0.68±0.29 | 1.60±1.17 | 1.10±0.25 |
Basophils (%) | 0.26±0.08 | 0.24±0.05 | 0.24±0.04 | 0.22±0.07 | 0.18±0.07 |
RBC (M/μL) | 8.59±0.31 | 8.79±0.17 | 8.74±0.15 | 8.51±0.31 | 8.26±0.21 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 15.64±0.55 | 15.98±0.46 | 15.82±0.23 | 15.65±0.35 | 15.37±0.21 |
Hematocrit (%) | 45.28±1.65 | 45.82±1.02 | 45.90±0.59 | 45.02±1.09 | 44.15±0.54 |
MCV (f/L) | 52.72±0.28 | 52.12±0.65 | 52.52±0.87 | 52.93±0.90 | 53.48±0.86 |
MCH (pg) | 18.22±0.13 | 18.18±0.34 | 18.12±0.40 | 18.40±0.44 | 18.60±0.34 |
MCHC (g/dL) | 35.54±0.22 | 34.88±0.36 | 34.48±0.18 | 34.77±0.20 | 34.82±0.16 |
Platelet (K/μL) | 759.60±205.57 | 566.60±278.75 | 740.20±140.80 | 777.33±195.51 | 877.00±81.06 |
RDW (%) | 13.28±0.88 | 12.78±0.40 | 13.02±0.59 | 12.43±0.54 | 11.67±0.21 |
MPV (%) | 7.24±0.28 | 7.58±0.60 | 7.30±0.14 | 7.27±0.26 | 7.23±0.15 |
Values are presented as mean±SD (n=5).
Significance was determined using Student’s t-test.
p<0.05 compared with control versus W/o eps 10%.
p<0.05 compared with W/o eps 10% versus W/ eps 10%.
TMlp, Tenebrio molitor larvae powder; W/o eps, without expanded-polystyrene-fed; W/ eps, expanded-polystyrene-fed; WBC, white blood cell; RBC, red blood cell; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean cell hemoglobin concentration; RDW, red cell distribution width; MPV, mean platelet volume.