Table 3 Hematologic test on administration with silk protein hydrolysates and t-BHP (0.1 mM/kg)

Item1)	No t-BHP		Silk protein hydrolysates (g/kg)+t-BHP (0.1 mM/kg)
	0	2	0	0.5	1	2
	RBC (10⁶/mm³)	7.4±0.09^ns2)	7.2±0.04^ns	6.9±0.08^ns	7.1±016^ns	7.2±0.19^ns	7.2±0.17^ns
WBC (10³/mm³)	7.1±1.16^ns	6.9±0.33^ns	5.2±0.56^ns	4.1±0.33^ns	7.1±1.00^ns	4.4±0.72^ns
HCt (%)	51.3±0.77^ns	50.7±1.95^ns	50.2±0.81^ns	51.0±0.87^ns	53.6±0.90^s	52.3±1.18^ns
Hb (g/dL)	14.4±0.13^ns	14.6±0.19^ns	13.6±0.14^ns	14.0±0.32^ns	14.3±0.24^ns	14.0±0.30^ns
MCV (fL)	69.2±1.09^b3)	70.2±0.81^b	72.4±0.85^ab	72.4±1.08^ab	74.4±1.09^a	72.3±0.94^ab
MCH (pg)	19.42±0.19^ab	20.3±0.21^a	19.7±0.13^ab	19.9±0.07^a	19.8±026^a	19.3±0.19^ab
MCHC (g/dL)	28.16±0.26^b	28.9±0.28^a	27.2±0.21^b	27.5±0.40^b	26.6±0.29^bc	26.7±012^bc
PLT (10³/mm³)	658.2±128.00^ns	540±103.93^ns	833.5±26.31^ns	814.8±51.33^ns	836.4±120.05^ns	862±36.08^ns

RBC, red blood cell count; WBC, white blood cell count; HCt, hematocrit; Hb, hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular hemoglobin volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; PLT, platelet.
ns, not significant.
Values are expressed as means±SD for 5 rats. Values not sharing the same letter are significantly different, p<0.05.