Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research

Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2003

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Full Length Research Paper

Comparison of an African herbal formula with commercially available haematinics

Okochi VI¹, Okpuzor J²*, Alli LA¹

¹Department of Biochemistry, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

²Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Accepted 21 July 2003

Abstract

The haematological changes observed with commercially available haematinics (Fagon 9^® and Chemiron^®) were compared with those of a local haematinic referred to as African Herbal Formula (AHF). Results showed that AHF produced effects in haemoglobin (Hb) and packed cell volume (PCV) levels which are reasonably comparable with the reference commercial and chemically defined haematinics.

Key words: Haematological changes, haematinics, African Herbal Formula, Trypanosome brucei brucei.