Examination of the blood smears showed significant differences
in the differential peripheral blood counts of the different
animal groups. As shown in Fig. 1, the percentages of peripheral
blood neutrophils were significantly higher in the dexamethasone-
treated group (48.33%) than in the other groups.
Thus, dexamethasone had the best results as a standard corticosteroid
drug. The other groups, with naı¨ve and sensitised
non-treated animals, exhibited insignificant differences in neutrophil
percentages, but there were significant increases in the
royal jelly treated group and significant decreases in the dexamethasone,
sensitised honey, and sensitised royal jelly treated
groups (Figs. 2 and 3).