A Study Medicinal and Nutritional Effects of Thyme on Hematological Changes in Male Albino Rats

Abstract

The increase in the use of thyme in Iraq and neighboring countries, which may
be result in serious side effects necessitate the demand for testing different
concentrations of thyme extract (500,750,1000) mg/kg of body weight on rats to be
given either by injection or feeding grinded dried thyme leaves added to pellets
(50,100,150) g /kg of pellet in of different periods , (10,20,30) days for injection
and feeding 2 times weekly. Thyme extracts leaves effects on RBCs, WBCs and
Differential WBCs counts were measured. statistical analysis showed significance
increase difference (P≤0.05) in RBCs, WBCs and Lymphocyte, Nutrophile and
Monocyte counts and decrease in Eosinphil counts in rats treated with 1000 mg of
thyme /kg of body weight and 150 g/kg of pellet in 10 days, in 20 days treatment
group was showed highly significance increase difference (P≤0.01) compared to
control group in RBCs, WBCs, Lymphocyte, Nutrophile and Monocyte counts and
decrease in Eosinphil counts in rats treated with thyme extract by (750,1000) mg/kg
of body weight and (100,150) g/kg of pellet and in 30 days thyme extract cause
highly significance increase difference (P≤0.001) in RBCs, WBCs, Lymphocyte,
Nutrophile and Monocyte counts and decrease in Eosinphil counts in rats treated
with thyme by (500-750–1000) mg/kg of body weight comparing with the negative
and positive controls and (50-100–150) g/kg of pellet comparing with the negative
control for feeding .