African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 2 (8), pp. 237-240, August 2003

ISSN 1684-5315  © 2003 Academic Journals  

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.

*Corresponding author; Present Address: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, West Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; Email: joyokpuzor@yahoo.com.

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.