Table 2 Effect of treatment or protection with Artemisia or Echinacea on hemoglobin content (HB), red blood corpuscles (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets count in DMBA-administered rats of all experimental groups

14.45 ± 0.17^e

7.82 ± 0.14^d

10.58 ± 0.15^e

686.67 ± 16.77^f

8.37 ± 0.28 ^a

4.27 ± 0.88^a

3.67 ± 0.08^a

294.33 ± 7.91 ^a

10.92 ± 0.17^b

4.83 ± 0.23^a

6.60 ± 0.24^b

363.83 ± 8.31 ^b

11.96 ± 0.34^c

6.03 ± 0.25 ^b

7.60 ± 0.15 ^c

430.00 ± 10.69^c

13.50 ± 0.25 ^d

6.58 ± 0.38^bc

8.23 ± 0.34^c

510.67 ± 20.90 ^d

13.10 ± 0.16^d

7.20 ± 0.27 cd

9.51 ± 0.61 ^d

561.00 ± 10.48^e