Total haemocyte counts of the 0.5 EtOH and 1.0 EtOH groups
were significantly higher than those of the control and vehicle
groups at all assay times after injection (Fig. 4). On day 3 after
extract injection, total haemocyte counts for the 1.0 EtOH group
were about 2 times higher than that of the control groups (P < 0.05)
and remained at that level to day 14. The numbers of semi-granulocytes
and granulocytes of the 1.0 EtOH group were also significantly
higher than those of the control groups (P < 0.05) on day 3
and reached maximum levels on day 7 (counts of semi-granulocytes
at 5 times and granulocytes 3 times those of the control
groups). They declined slightly thereafter and by day 14 reached the
same levels as on day 3. The 0.5 EtOH group also showed an
increase in the number of semi-granulocytes, but at lower levels
than in the 1.0 EtOH group. However, the number of granulocytes in
the 0.5 EtOH group was significantly higher than that of the control
groups on day3 (P < 0.05) and the numberwas maintained at a high
level through day 14. The hyalinocyte counts of the 0.5 and 1.0 EtOH
groups were significantly (P < 0.05) higher than that of the control
groups on day 3 and the high levels were maintained until the end
of the experiment. There was no significant difference in the
numbers of hyalinocytes between the 0.5 and 1.0 EtOH groups.