A novel therapeutic effect of mannitol-rich extract from the brown seaweed Sargassum ilicifolium using in vitro and in vivo models

Table 2 Packed cell volume and serum protein levels (SPL) on the experiment period.

	Normal	Control	Treatment I	Treatment II	Treatment III
PCV	37.20±1.10	35.90±1.44	34.90±2.16^ab†	34.40±1.05^a†	37.40±1.58^a†
SPL	5.43±0.17	6.16±0.05	6.25±0.17 ^ab†	6.080±0.16^a†	6.11±0.19^a†

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM; Data is compared against a control group. a = denote when compare to the control group, b = denote when compare to the treatment II Group, (*) indicates statistically significant difference and (†) indicates statistically no significant difference from respective group using ANOVA, followed by Tukey comparisons test (P > 0.05). Control: received an equal amount of distilled water, orally, Treatment I: received S. ilicifolium CE (100 mg/Kg BW/day for 14 days, orally), Treatment II: received S. ilicifolium CE (100 mg/kg/BW/day for 21 days, orally), Treatment III: received S. ilicifolium CE without wound (100 mg/kg BW/day for 14 days, orally)

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