Table 2.

Effect of orally administered NACOS and COS on serum cytokine levels. Reprinted with permission. Copyright 2014 Elsevier [22].

Cytokines	Control	NACOS 4%	COS 4%
IFN-γ (pg/mL)	0.6 ± 0.2	8.3 ± 0.5 **	8.4 ± 0.3 **
IL-12 (pg/mL)	11.2 ± 1.3	25.3 ± 3.5 **	23.5 ± 3.0 **
TNF-α (pg/mL)	13.9 ± 1.6	13.4 ± 1.3	12.7 ± 0.8

Mice were fed 1%, 2% or 4% NACOS or COS contained diet. Mean ± Standard error; n = 6 in each group; ** p < 0.01 as compared to the control group.