Table 1.

Effects of Brazilian green propolis on peritoneal phagocytic ability in aged mice

Group	Dose (mg/kg.bw)	Phagocytosis percentage (%)	Phagocytosis index
Control	0	70.71 ± 13.70	1.80 ± 0.48
Brazilian 1	83.3	66.23 ± 6.91	1.61 ± 0.46
Brazilian 2	157.4	83.20 ± 10.25*	2.29 ± 0.46
Brazilian 3	352.9	79.11 ± 9.55	2.53 ± 0.87*

Values are presented as mean ± SD (n = 10). *p<0.05, compared with control. Peritoneal phagocytosis at the dose of 157.4 mg/kg and phagocytic index at the dose of 352.9 mg/kg were significantly increased after administration of Brazilian green propolis, and p value were 0.011 and 0.010 respectively.