Table 1. The effects of oral administration of the methanolic extract of M. vulgare on peripheral neutrophil count in rats.

Groups	Control	Iso	Iso+MV 10mg/kg	Iso+MV 20mg/kg	Iso+MV 40mg/kg
Neutrophil count (%)	13±2.66	33.4±4.8###	15.7±3.2***	25.9±1.6***	17.7±2.65***

Data are expressed as mean±SEM (n=6). Iso: isoproterenol; MV: M. vulgare extract; ^###p<0.05; from respective control value; ***p<0.001 as compared with isoproterenol treated group using one way ANOVA with Student-Newman-Keuls post hoc test