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Published in final edited form as: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Jan 8;405(1):146–151. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.01.025

Table 2.

Effects of sulforaphane on phagocytosis activity in primary peritoneal macrophages of nrf2^−/− mice

Sulforaphane [μM]	Phagocytosis Index in nrf2^−/− mice
Sulforaphane [μM]	C57BL/6		Hairless
0	39.8 ± 19.0	(120)^*	105.1 ± 30.9	(57)
0.1	62.6 ± 25.5^***	(120)	127.1 ± 26.9^**	(56)
0.3	62.2 ± 31.0^***	(120)	131.4 ± 36.4^***	(56)
1.0	60.7 ± 21.4^***	(120)	139.4 ± 26.9^***	(53)

number of fields counted. PI values are expressed as means ± SD.

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001, compared to 0 μM SF control (ANOVA with Scheffé’s test).