Fig. 3.

C-mediated acute peritoneal inflammation induced in FLU-treated rats. Six groups of 4 rats were daily treated with either FLU at two different doses of 10 mg/kg (□) or 5 mg/kg (•) body weight, or with vehicle (water plus ethanol alone, ⋄). At the end of treatment each rat received an ip injection of (a) yeast-activated normal rat serum (Y-act RS) or (b) LPS (1 mg/kg). The PMN number was counted in the peritoneal washings obtained at different time intervals after injection. Data are expressed as mean ±SD; *P < 0·05, when compared with the results obtained in the vehicle-treated rats at the same time of observation.