Table 2.

Serum concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 in control and experimental

Group	Treatment	TNF-α (ng/L) mean ± SD	IL-6 (ng/L) mean ± SD
I	Control	19.29±2.76*	79.50±14.22*
II	WS-fed rats	20.86±1.23*	75.62 ±13.02*
III	Fructose-fed rats	25.14±2.93	92.37±10.36
IV	WS+Fructose-fed rats	21.37±1.44*	72.25±11.29*

The data are expressed in mean ± S.D.; n = 12 in each group.

^*P < 0.001 as compared to fructose-fed rats.