Table 1.

Anti-inflammatory effect of beta-sitosterol (BS) in the mouse ear edema test

Treatment	Dose (mg/ear)	Edema (mg)	Inhibition %
TPA	0.0025	19.7+0.60	--
IND	0.5	5.9+0.72	70.3*
BS	0.5	6.7+0.69	66.0*
BS	1.0	5.4+1.5	74.2*
BS	1.5	3.1+0.93	84.1*

IND=indomethacin. The obtained results represent the mean ± EEM of 5 mice per group.

^*Statistically significant difference with respect to 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) treated animals. ANOVA and Student t tests, p≤0.05