Table 4. Hematological values of female rats in the 28-day repeated oral dose toxicity study of SUNACTIVE Fe-P80

Parameter Dose (mg/kg/day)
0 500 1,000 2,000
No. of females examined 5 5 5 5
RBC (106/μL) 7.4 ± 0.3 7.3 ± 0.4 7.3 ± 0.3 7.1 ± 0.2
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 15.0 ± 0.6 15.1 ± 1.0 15.0 ± 0.4 14.6 ± 0.1
Hematocrit (%) 41.1 ± 1.6 41.4 ± 2.8 41.0 ± 1.5 39.5 ± 1.0
MCV (fL) 55.5 ± 1.6 56.8 ± 2.4 56.1 ± 1.4 55.6 ± 1.2
MCH (pg) 20.2 ± 0.6 20.7 ± 0.7 20.6 ± 0.6 20.5 ± 0.6
MCHC (g/dL) 36.5 ± 0.3 36.4 ± 0.7 36.6 ± 0.5 36.9 ± 0.8
Reticulocyte (109/L) 186.3 ± 35.3 193.5 ± 56.1 223.9 ± 20.0 249.9 ± 109.3
Reticulocyte (%) 2.5 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 0.9 3.1 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 1.6
Platelet (103/μL) 1,195.6 ± 95.5 1,106.4 ± 93.4 1,230.2 ± 151.7 1,299.8 ± 146.3
WBC (103/μL) 5.31 ± 1.03 4.73 ± 1.26 5.46 ± 0.96 5.05 ± 0.75
 Neutrophils (103/μL) 0.61 ± 0.06 0.75 ± 0.32 0.77 ± 0.06* 0.62 ± 0.17
 Neutrophils (%) 11.72 ± 1.96 16.20 ± 6.22 14.44 ± 2.45 12.30 ± 2.76
 Lymphocytes (103/μL) 4.42 ± 0.94 3.76 ± 1.09 4.40 ± 0.87 4.19 ± 0.72
 Lymphocytes (%) 83.16 ± 2.00 79.20 ± 6.33 80.38 ± 2.27 82.72 ± 2.72
 Monocytes (103/μL) 0.13 ± 0.07 0.09 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.05
 Monocytes (%) 2.36 ± 0.75 1.90 ± 0.34 2.68 ± 0.64 2.34 ± 1.24
 Eosinophils (103/μL) 0.10 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.02
 Eosinophils (%) 1.84 ± 0.63 1.76 ± 0.18 1.72 ± 0.76 1.78 ± 0.52
 Basophils (103/μL) 0.01 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00
 Basophils (%) 0.14 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.05 0.14 ± 0.05
PT (sec) 13.4 ± 0.6 13.6 ± 0.4 13.3 ± 0.6 13.3 ± 0.2
APTT (sec) 17.7 ± 1.4 17.7 ± 1.1 18.3 ± 1.6 18.8 ± 1.0
Values are presented as means ± S.D.
Significantly different from the vehicle control group at p<0.05.
RBC, red blood cell count; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBC, white blood cell count; PT, prothrombin time; APTT, active partial thromboplastin time.