Table 2.

Liver gliotoxin concentration in mice with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) treated with Sepia officinalis ink extract (IE) and Amphotericin B (AMB).

Sample no.	Neutropenia	Infection	Treatment	Post inoculation period (hrs.)	Gliotoxinconcn. (µg/ g liver)
1	Yes	Yes	Saline	24	5374b±3.1
2	Yes	Yes	Saline	72	6172a±2.8
3	Yes	Yes	IE	24	3221c±1.7
4	Yes	Yes	IE	72	2010f±2.0
5	Yes	Yes	AMB	24	2100e±1.9
6	Yes	Yes	AMB	72	1030h±0.9
7	Yes	Yes	IE and AMB	24	2623d±1.4
8	Yes	Yes	IE and AMB	72	1324g±0.8

Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n=3 in each group). The means followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different according to ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range tests.