Table 2 Hematological and serum biochemical parameters of SD rats orally treated with black ginseng extract for 28 days

 WBC (10³/mm³)

10.7 ± 3.5

10.7 ± 4.2

11.3 ± 2.0

11.1 ± 1.4

8.6 ± 2.6

10.1 ± 3.5

7.4 ± 2.5

10.3 ± 2.0

 RBC (10⁶/mm³)

7.7 ± 0.4

7.7 ± 0.2

7.8 ± 0.3

7.8 ± 0.3

7.2 ± 0.3

7.2 ± 0.4

7.2 ± 0.3

7.0 ± 0.4

 HGB (g/dl)

15.3 ± 1.5

15.5 ± 0.8

15.5 ± 0.6

15.8 ± 0.5

14.9 ± 0.3

14.8 ± 0.3

14.5 ± 0.6

14.5 ± 0.8

 HCT (%)

44.0 ± 1.7

43.9 ± 1.7

43.9 ± 1.3

44.8 ± 1.6

40.8 ± 1.1

41.1 ± 1.5

40.6 ± 1.3

40.3 ± 1.7

 PLT (10³/mm³)

961.0 ± 100.9

940.0 ± 105.5

954.0 ± 142.4

931.0 ± 50.2

910.0 ± 83.7

890.0 ± 96.8

984.0 ± 81.6

1054.0 ± 164.5

 MCV (fl)

57.1 ± 2.0

57.1 ± 1.6

56.4 ± 1.5

57.5 ± 1.3

57.1 ± 2.4

57.4 ± 3.2

56.2 ± 1.8

57.7 ± 2.4

 MCH (pg)

19.8 ± 1.9

20.2 ± 0.8

19.9 ± 0.7

20.3 ± 0.6

20.8 ± 1.0

20.7 ± 1.0

20.1 ± 0.5

20.8 ± 0.9

 MCHC (g/dl)

34.8 ± 2.9

35.3 ± 0.9

35.3 ± 0.4

35.3 ± 0.5

36.5 ± 0.6

36.1 ± 0.7

35.7 ± 1.0

36.0 ± 0.5

 Neutrophils (%)

10.8 ± 3.3

13.3 ± 4.7

11.5 ± 4.4

14.2 ± 5.4

11.7 ± 4.1

13.9 ± 6.0

12.4 ± 3.8

10.9 ± 4.1

 Eosinophils (%)

0.7 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.3

 Basophils (%)

0.3 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.0

 Lymphocytes (%)

86.0 ± 3.5

82.6 ± 5.4

85.0 ± 4.3

81.5 ± 5.5

84.9 ± 4.7

82.6 ± 6.0

83.7 ± 4.9

86.0 ± 4.2

 Monocytes (%)

1.5 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.9

1.6 ± 0.4

2.3 ± 0.4*

1.6 ± 0.6

1.6 ± 0.5

1.9 ± 0.9

1.2 ± 0.3

 Reticulocytes (%)

3.0 ± 0.5

3.2 ± 0.4

3.0 ± 0.4

3.3 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 0.2

4.8 ± 3.6

 PT (sec)

9.6 ± 0.5

9.7 ± 0.4

9.8 ± 0.4

9.5 ± 0.7

8.6 ± 0.2

8.6 ± 0.3

8.5 ± 0.3

8.3 ± 0.3

 aPTT (sec)

38.3 ± 5.1

32.1 ± 2.0*

33.6 ± 2.0*

32.7 ± 1.5*

29.7 ± 2.1

30.5 ± 2.0

32.2 ± 1.6

31.3 ± 2.3

 BUN (mg/dL)

12.9 ± 1.3

12.6 ± 2.1

13.0 ± 1.8

13.3 ± 1.9

14.2 ± 2.0

13.6 ± 1.9

13.6 ± 2.5

14.2 ± 2.3

 TC (mg/dL)

71.0 ± 9.1

71.0 ± 8.5

82.0 ± 16.1

72.0 ± 8.5

83.0 ± 14.7

83.0 ± 14.2

84.0 ± 10.0

81.0 ± 11.7

 TP (g/dL)

5.6 ± 0.2

5.5 ± 0.3

5.6 ± 0.2

5.4 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.3

6.0 ± 0.2

6.0 ± 0.2

6.0 ± 0.3

 Albumin (g/dL)

2.3 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

2.6 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.3

 TB (mg/dL)

0.02 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.02

 ALP (IU/L)

668.0 ± 98.7

768.0 ± 179.1

694.0 ± 213.1

792.0 ± 199.4

345.0 ± 110.5

348.0 ± 70.0

369.0 ± 107.3

334.0 ± 100.2

 AST (IU/L)

105.0 ± 19.8

101.0 ± 18.7

97.0 ± 16.2

88.0 ± 27.0

90.0 ± 16.9

104.0 ± 43.9

91.0 ± 19.6

99.0 ± 34.3

 ALT (IU/L)

38.0 ± 5.0

43.0 ± 6.6

40.0 ± 7.6

41.0 ± 2.3

34.0 ± 4.4

42.0 ± 13.9

34.0 ± 4.2

32.0 ± 7.5

 GGT (IU/L)

0.5 ± 0.5

0.6 ± 0.5

0.6 ± 0.5

0.5 ± 0.5

0.3 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.4*

0.8 ± 0.4*

0.9 ± 0.3*

 Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.42 ± 0.04

0.40 ± 0.05

0.37 ± 0.03*

0.37 ± 0.03*

0.41 ± 0.04

0.41 ± 0.04

0.40 ± 0.06

0.38 ± 0.06

 TG (mg/dL)

63.0 ± 34.0

67.0 ± 37.0

67.0 ± 39.0

46.0 ± 20.6

38.0 ± 17.0

34.0 ± 16.9

24.0 ± 10.8

29.0 ± 11.4

 Glucose (mg/L)

154.0 ± 20.1

149.0 ± 20.9

149.0 ± 22.2

155.0 ± 26.9

161.0 ± 18.4

152.0 ± 15.8

157.0 ± 13.5

142.0 ± 19.9

 A/G ratio

0.68 ± 0.06

0.67 ± 0.05

0.67 ± 0.05

0.66 ± 0.05

0.80 ± 0.07

0.79 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.07

0.81 ± 0.07

 Potassium (mEq/L)

4.93 ± 0.20

4.90 ± 0.24

4.84 ± 0.18

4.79 ± 0.14

4.24 ± 0.23

4.28 ± 0.22

4.15 ± 0.24

4.13 ± 0.30

 Chlorine (mEq/L)

103.8 ± 1.0

102.7 ± 3.7

103.5 ± 0.7

102.6 ± 2.5

105.3 ± 1.0

105.2 ± 2.2

105.6 ± 1.9

104.7 ± 1.4

 Sodium (mEq/L)

144.5 ± 0.7

142.4 ± 4.3

144.2 ± 0.6

142.5 ± 2.8

143.1 ± 1.2

143.5 ± 2.2

143.4 ± 1.4

143.1 ± 1.3

 Calcium (mg/dL)

10.2 ± 0.2

10.1 ± 0.5

10.2 ± 0.2

10.1 ± 0.4

10.0 ± 0.2

10.2 ± 0.3

10.0 ± 0.2

10.1 ± 0.2

 Phosphorus (mg/dL)

8.4 ± 0.5

8.2 ± 0.5

8.3 ± 0.5

8.5 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.7

6.9 ± 0.7

6.7 ± 0.7

6.9 ± 0.4