Immunostimulatory activity of Stachys mialhesi de Noé

Table 1 Effect of S. mialhesi extract on the phagocytic activity and the clearance rate of carbon from the circulating blood of mice

Treatment groups	Dose	Number of mice	Phagocytic index K	Average phagocytic index K^a)	Carbon clearance rate (t_1/2,min)	Average Carbon clearance rate (t_1/2,min)
Group I Control (Saline)	0.5	5	0.0063	0.032 ^c)d) ± 0.01	110	41.18 ^b) ± 18,27
			0.015		46.2
			0.028		24.75
			0.054		12.83
			0.057		12.15
Group II	50 mg/kg	5	0.013	0.080 ± 0.32^c)	53.30	19.66 ^b ± 9,07
			0.029		23.89
			0.072		9.62
			0.086		8.05
			0.20		3.46
Group III	100 mg/kg	4	0.11	0,063 ± 0.015^c)	6.3
			0.043		16.11
			0.047		14.74
			0.053		13.07
Group IV	500 mg/kg	5	0.085	0.138 ± 0.032 ^c)d)	8.15	5.97 ^b ± 1,03
			0.097		7.14
			0.10		6.93
			0.15		4.62
			0.26		2.66

a) Each value represents the mean S.E. Difference from the control b) p>0.05 and c) p=0,05 and d) p<0,05.

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