Nura I. Al-Zail, Eda M. A. Alshailabi and Narmeen M. Darwesh
الملخص الانجليزي
The present study investigated the negative impact of smoking (CS) on some blood parameters in adult male rats and the protective effect of the sidr honey. Twenty four individual were divided into four groups: Normal control (NC), H Group: received Sidr honey orally (100 mg/kg b.w./d.) for 4 weeks, CS group: exposed to cigarette smoke (5 times/d.) for 4 weeks and protective (P) group: received Sidr honey orally (100 mg/kg b.w./d.) for 2 weeks then treated with cigarette smoke for 4 weeks. The results indicated that treatment with cigarette smoke caused significantly decreased (P<0.05) in red blood cells (RBCs), haemoglobin (HB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and platelets (PLT). While, it was a significant increase in white blood cells (WBCs) count compared to control and honey animals. On the other hand, p group showed a slight increase in the mean value of HG, HCT, MCV and PLT, but showed a significant positive decline in WBCs as compared with the CS group. This study indicates that treatment with Sidr honey caused somewhat of an improvement against CS-induced hematological changes in male albino rats.
د. عيدة مفتاح عبدالكريم الشيلابي | Dr. Eda M. A. Alshailabi | 5849