Figure 2.

Effect of methanolic and aqueous extracts of C. mexicana zymosa-induced peritonitis model. Swiss mice were treated intravenously (i.v.) with methanolic (A) or aqueous (B) extract at doses of 2, 0.4, and 0.2 mg/kg or intraperitoneally (i.p.) with dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg) and 30 min later were injected i.p. with 1 mL of zymosan (1 mg/mL). After six hours, peritoneal lavage was performed with saline and the cell number determined in a Neubauer chamber. * P ≤ 0.0001, compared to saline and drug-treated groups.