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.