HEMATOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES AFTER CURRY LEAF (MURRAYA-KOENIGII) AND MUSTARD (BRASSICA-JUNCEA) FEEDING IN RATS

Whole curry leaf and mustard fed to rats at doses equal to normal huma n intake did not cause any adverse effect on food efficiency ratio (FE R), red blood cell count(RBC), white blood cells (WBC), total count, d ifferential counts or on the levels of blood constituents, like serum electrolytes, blood urea, haemoglobin, total serum protein, albumin-gl obulin ratio, fibrin level, glycosylated haemoglobin and the activity of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transamin ase (GPT) and alkaline phosphatase in serum. No histopathological chan ges were observed in the liver of rats administered curry leaf and mus tard.