The effect of ethanolic extract of Melilotus officinal flowers on bleeding time in male and female rabbits

Abstract EN

The present study aimes to examining the effect of the ethanolic extract of Melilotus officinalis flowers on bleeding time ,WBC and RBC count .Total number in males and females adult rabbit eighteen, (9 males and 9females ) are randomly divided into three equal groups (3 males and 3females per group).

The first (control) is drenched normal saline while the second and third groups are drenched the ethanolic extracted (20 and 50mg/ml/kg of B.W) for 24 hours.

The results reveal significant increase in bleeding time in third group followed by the second group compared with the control while RBC and WBC count record no significant differences .On the other hand the gender had no significant effect on the studied parameters.